Harold Fox

Gebundenes Buch

Dartmoor's Alluring Uplands

Transhumance and Pastoral Management in the Middle Ages

Herausgeber: Tompkins, Matthew; Dyer, Christopher

Beschreibung

A striking and famous feature of the English landscape, Dartmoor is a beautiful place, with a sense of wildness and mystery. This book provides a new perspective on an important aspect of Dartmoor's past. Its focus is transhumance: the seasonal transfer of grazing animals to different pastures.

Autor

Harold Fox (1945-2007) was professor of social and landscape history at the Centre for English Local History, University of Leicester; and had been president of the Medieval Settlement Research Group; chairman of the Society for Landscape Studies; and president of the Devon History Society. Christopher Dyer is emeritus professor at the Centre for English Local History at University of Leicester, where Matthew Tompkins is Honorary Visiting Fellow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Exeter Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 784g
• ISBN-13: 9780859898645
• ISBN-10: 0859898644
• Artikelnr.: 33271769