Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England

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John Blair (Lecturer in Modern History, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Lecturer in Modern History, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, Oxford)

Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England

John Blair (Lecturer in Modern History, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Lecturer in Modern History, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
01 October 2007

British & Irish history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Historical geography; Medieval European archaeology; Hydraulic engineering

Series: Medieval History and Archaeology

The first study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman canals and waterways, this book is based on new evidence surrounding the nature of water transport in the period. England is naturally well-endowed with a network of navigable rivers, especially the easterly systems draining into the Thames, Wash and Humber. The central middle ages saw innovative and extensive development of this network, including the digging of canals bypassing difficult stretches of rivers, or linking rivers to important production centres. The eleventh and twelfth centuries seem to have been the high point for this dynamic approach to water-transport: after 1200, the improvement of roads and bridges increasingly diverted resources away from the canals, many of which stagnated with the reassertion of natural drainage patterns. The new perspective presented in this study has an important bearing on the economy, landscape, settlement patterns and inter-regional contacts of medieval England. Essays from economic historians, geographers, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and place-name scholars unearth this neglected but important aspect of medieval engineering and economic growth.

Edited by: John Blair (Lecturer in Modern History Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology Lecturer in Modern History Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology Queen's College Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 253mm, Width: 176mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780199217151
ISBN 10: 0199217157
Series: Medieval History and Archaeology
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 October 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Blair is Lecturer in Modern History and Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at Queen's College, Oxford.

Reviews for Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England

a volume full of insights which makes a stimulation introduction to an important subject. D. Harison, English Historical Review

Winner of Railway & Canal Historical Society: Canal Book of the Year 2009
Winner of Railway & Canal Historical Society: Canal Book of the Year 2009.
Winner of Winner of the Railway and Canal Historical Society Prize 2009 2009 Transport History Book of the Year Award.
Winner of Winner of the Railway and Canal Historical Society Prize 2009 2009 Transport History Book of the Year Award.