Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2006 - 456 p. Language: German
Annette Hoff examines agricultural information contained in the oldest Danish, Swedish, English, Irish and Frankish law books to present an important study of the development of cultivation systems, forms of settlement and land use in Northweste Europe from about 600-
1250. The insights gained from legal codes are compared with archaeological, cartographic and scientific sources. The book deals with all aspects of rural society: the farmsteads with living accommodation, bas, animal sheds and mills, the use of common land and forest for animals, and the construction of roads and bridges.
ISBN10: 3110190370 ISBN13: 9783110190373
Annette Hoff examines agricultural information contained in the oldest Danish, Swedish, English, Irish and Frankish law books to present an important study of the development of cultivation systems, forms of settlement and land use in Northweste Europe from about 600-
1250. The insights gained from legal codes are compared with archaeological, cartographic and scientific sources. The book deals with all aspects of rural society: the farmsteads with living accommodation, bas, animal sheds and mills, the use of common land and forest for animals, and the construction of roads and bridges.
ISBN10: 3110190370 ISBN13: 9783110190373