Review of medieval settlement research 2007-16

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review progress in medieval settlement research published between 2007 and 2016, and as such it follows on from Gardiner’s (2006) previous review that covered 1996–2006. The geographical scope is Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales), and while the structure is broadly thematic a division is sometimes made between the early (c. 410–1066) and later medieval (c. 1066–1500) periods. Examples are provided of published research that illustrates a particular issue, but it is impossible to provide a complete bibliography. Due to the volume of data now being published, the focus has been on rural settlements and their associated landscapes (as opposed to towns, castles, and monasteries). Important collections of papers published within this review period that embrace the wealth of evidence we have for studying the wider medieval landscape include Gardiner and Rippon 2007; Gilchrist and Reynolds 2009; Higham and Ryan 2010; 2011; Hamerow et al. 2011; Turner and Silvester 2012; and Christie and Stamper 2012.