The Norfolk Broads

The Norfolk Broads

Author: Tom Williamson

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780719048005

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Describing how the diverse environments of Broadland were first shaped in the Middle Ages, this book explains how they were constantly modified in succeeding centuries by changing forms of economy, and by changing patterns of social organisation.


A Life in Norfolk's Archaeology: 1950-2016

A Life in Norfolk's Archaeology: 1950-2016

Author: Peter Wade-Martins

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2017-11-03

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1784916587

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A personal history of Peter Wade-Martins archaeological endeavour in Norfolk set within a national context. It covers the writer’s early experiences as a volunteer, the rise of field archaeology as a profession and efforts to conserve archaeological heritage.


A History of Norfolk in 100 Places

A History of Norfolk in 100 Places

Author: David Robertson

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2022-01-06

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0750998245

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Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the county's rich history. Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A History of Norfolk in 100 Places will take you on a chronological journey through prehistoric monuments, Roman forts, medieval churches and Nelson's Monument, right up to twentieth-century defensive sites. With detailed entries illustrated by aerial photographs and ground-level shots, here you will find a reliable guide to historic places that are either open to the public, or are visible from public roads or footpaths for you to explore.


Margaret Paston’s Piety

Margaret Paston’s Piety

Author: J. Rosenthal

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-08-16

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 0230111467

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Drawing on a close reading of nearly forty years' worth of personal letters and her will, and incorporating new archival material, Margaret Paston emerges from this study as the best example we have of how lay piety was negotiated and integrated into daily medieval life.


East Anglia and Its North Sea World in the Middle Ages

East Anglia and Its North Sea World in the Middle Ages

Author: David Bates

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1783270365

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This collection of essays discusses East Anglia in the context of a medieval maritime framework and explores the extent to which there was a distinctive community bound together by the shared frontier of the North Sea during the Middle Ages. It brings together the work of a range of international scholars and includes contributions from the disciplines of history, archaeology, art history and literary studies.


Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 15

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 15

Author: Sally Crawford

Publisher: Oxbow Books

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1782975292

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Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History is an annual series concerned with the archaeology and history of England and its neighbours during the Anglo-Saxon period. ASSAH offers researchers an opportunity to publish new work in an interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary forum which allows for a diversity of approaches and subject matter. Contributions focus not just on Anglo-Saxon England but also its international context.


Landscapes and Artefacts

Landscapes and Artefacts

Author: Steven Ashley

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2014-07-18

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1905739990

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Andrew Rogerson is one of the most important and influential archaeologists currently working in East Anglia. This collection will be essential reading for those interested in the history and archaeology of Norfolk and Suffolk, in the interpretation of artefacts within their landscape contexts, and in the material culture of the Middle Ages.