Interpreting the English Village: Landscape and Community at Shapwick, Somerset

by Mick Aston, Chris Gerrard, Dr Christopher Gerrard

An original and approachable account of how archaeology can tell the story of the English village. Shapwick lies in the middle of Somerset, next to the important monastic center of Glastonbury: the abbey owned the manor for 800 years from the 8th to the 16th century and its abbots and officials had a great influence on the lives of the peasants who lived there. It is possible that abbot Dunstan, one of the great reformers of tenth century monasticism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905119453
• ISBN13: 9781905119455
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Windgather Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.6"