| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Medieval history and archaeology
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Medieval history and archaeology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index. |
| Summary |
A study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this book is based on evidence surrounding the nature of water transport in the period. A collection of essays, this study unearths this neglected but important aspect of medieval engineering and economic growth. |
| Contents |
Barrier or unifying feature? Defining the nature of early medieval water transport in the north-west / Fiona Edmonds -- Uses of waterways in Anglo-Saxon England / Della Hooke -- Place-name evidence for water transport in early medieval England / Ann Cole -- Hythes, small ports, and other landing places in later medieval England / Mark Gardiner -- Efficiency of inland water transport in medieval England / John Langdon -- Identifying human modification of river channels / Ed Rhodes -- Canal construction in the early Middle Ages : an introductory review / James Bond -- Waterways and water transport on reclaimed coastal marshlands : the Somerset levels and beyond / Stephen Rippon -- Water roads of Somerset / Charles and Nancy Hollinrake -- Glastonbury's Anglo-Saxon canal and Dunstan's Dyke / Charles and Nancy Hollinrake -- Early water management on the lower River Itchen in Hampshire / Christopher K. Currie -- Transport and canal-building on the upper Thames, 1000-1300 / John Blair. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Waterways -- England -- History -- To 1500.
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Waterways. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Canals -- England -- Design and construction -- History -- To 1500.
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Canals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Blair, John, 1955-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waterways and canal-building in medieval England. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (DLC) 2007018032 (OCoLC)124031881 |
| ISBN |
9780191527159 (electronic book) |
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0191527157 (electronic book) |
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1281149594 |
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9781281149596 |
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9780199217151 (alkaline paper) |
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0199217157 (alkaline paper) |
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