Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London S.)

Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London

History

Pritchard, Frances

Egan, Geoff

Ancient Civilizations

Seven Hills Books

This book brings together for the first time the astonishing diversity of excavated furnishings and artefacts from medieval London homes. These include roofing and other structural items, decorative fixtures and fittings, and assortment of culinary utensils, writing instruments, and toys and weights. Illustrating some 1,000 items, the catalogue provides a fascinating account of how metalwork and glassware manufacturing trends changed during the period covered, while close dating of many of the finds has resulted in many new insights into life at the time.

The Medieval Household: Daily Living C.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)

Europe

The Stationery Office/Tso

Faxton: Excavations in a deserted Northamptonshire village 1966–68 (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monographs)

The village of Faxton in Northamptonshire was only finally deserted in the second half of the 20th century. Shortly afterwards, between 1966 and 1968, its medieval crofts were investigated under the direction of archaeologist Lawrence Butler. At the time this was one of the most ambitious excavations of a deserted medieval settlement to have been conducted and, although the results were only published as interim reports and summaries, Butler's observations at Faxton were to have significant influence on the growing academic and popular literature about village origins and desertion and the nature of medieval peasant crofts and buildings. In contrast to regions with abundant building stone, Faxton revealed archaeological evidence of a long tradition of earthen architecture in which so-called 'mud walling' was successfully combined with other structural materials. The 'rescue' excavations at Faxton were originally promoted by the Deserted Medieval Village Research Group and funded by the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works after the extensive earthworks at the site came under threat from agriculture. Three areas were excavated covering seven crofts. In 1966 Croft 29 at the south-east corner of the village green revealed a single croft in detail with its barns, yards and corn driers; in 1967 four crofts were examined together in the north-west corner of the village in an area badly damaged by recent ploughing and, finally, an area immediately east of the church was opened up in 1968. In all, some 4000m2 were investigated in 140 days over three seasons. The post-excavation process for Faxton was beset by delay. Of the 12 chapters presented in this monograph, only two were substantially complete at the time of the director's death in 2014. The others have had to be pieced together from interim summaries, partial manuscripts, sound recordings, handwritten notes and on-site records. Building on this evidence, a new team of scholars have re-considered the findings in order to set the excavations at Faxton into the wider context of modern research. Their texts reflect on the settlement's disputed pre-Conquest origins, probable later re-planning and expansion, the reasons behind the decline and abandonment of the village, the extraordinary story behind the destruction of its church, the development of the open fields and the enclosure process, as well as new evidence about Faxton's buildings and the finds discovered there. Once lauded, then forgotten, the excavations at Faxton now make a new contribution to our knowledge of medieval life and landscape in the East Midlands. &nbsp;

Hall, David

Stamper, Paul

Goodall, Ian

Wrathmell, Stuart

Brown,Peter

Standley, Eleanor

Butler, Lawrence

Gerrard, Christopher

Blinkhorn, Paul

Gidney, Louisa

Hartley, Brian

Kelleher, Richard

O’Donnell, Ronan

Routledge

Brooches, rings, buckles, pendants, buttons, purses and other accessories were part of everyday dress in the middle ages. Over two thousand such items dating from the period 1150-1450 are described and discussed here, all found in recent archaeological excavations in London - then as now one of western Europe's most cosmopolitan cities, its social and economic activity compounded by the waterside bustle of the Thames. These finds constitute the most extensive and varied group of such accessories yet recovered in Britain, and their close dating and the scientific analysis carried out on them have been highly revealing. Important results published here for the first time show, for example, the popularity of shoddy, mass-produced items in base metals during the high middle ages and enable researchers to identify the varied products of rival traditions of manufacture mentioned in historical sources. Anyone needing accurate information on period costume will welcome this book, which will appeal to the general reader interested in costume and design, as well as to archaeologists and historians. THE AUTHORS are members of staff of the Museum of London.

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Arts & Photography

Stott, Peter

Johnson, Rose

Bayley, Justine

Heyworth, Mike

History & Criticism

Boydell & Brewer Inc

The largest and most important collection of pewter, bronze, brass and lead toys and miniatures in the world. The first ever comprehensive and inter-disciplinary study undertaken. Completely new digital illustrations.

Toys, Trifles and Trinkets: Base Metal Minatures from London's River Foreshore 1150-1800

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Forsyth, Hazel

Antiques & Collectibles

Unicorn Publishing Group

Today New Romney sits a couple of miles inland from the sea but, in common with many towns along this stretch of coast, was once a thriving seaport. Archaeological excavations here by Pre-Construct Archaeology identified evidence for medieval occupation, fishing and seafaring on the foreshore at the northeastern end of the town. This strand area was ravaged by storms, particularly during the 13th century and this is clearly demonstrated in the archaeological record. This publication presents the findings of these excavations but also provides a much broader historical background to the town and an exploration of its role as a Cinque Port, and its relationship with the strand area investigated, through contemporary sources and standing building evidence.

The Sea and the Marsh: The Medieval Cinque Port of New Romney Revealed Through Archaeological Excavations and Historical Research (Pre-Construct Archaeology Monograph)

Draper, Gillian

Draper, Pamela

Meddens, Frank

Armitage, Philip

Pre-Construct Archaeology

Dress Accessories, c. 1150- c. 1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)

Graphic Design

Boydell Press

The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, 6)

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