What looks at first glance an unpretentious small market town, probably founded around AD 1200, is at second glance something more special and unusual. This extract from ‘Faversham in the Making’ begins to scratch the[…]
Category: Anglo-Saxon
Game of Thorns: A Medieval Farming Conundrum
Author MARK MCKERRACHER explores the problems and pitfalls of Medieval farming – and how we can hope study farming, farms, livestock and crops through archaeology. Every year, the medieval farmer faced a stark warning: winter[…]
Herding Anglo-Saxon Cats
WRITTEN BY GUEST-BLOGGER AND AUTHOR GALE OWEN-CROCKER Many of the books published by Oxbow Books are edited volumes or collections of contributions from various authors. These collections – often from conference proceedings or academic lectures[…]