IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 1212: Forests in England and Wales, II: Life in the Forests
Wednesday 9 July 2008, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | St John's College, University of Oxford |
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| Organiser: | John Langton, St John's College, University of Oxford |
| Moderator/Chair: | Robin Alan Butlin, School of Geography, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1212-a | Hunting, Family, and Sociability in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Social History |
| Paper 1212-b | Woodland and Woodland Management in Lowland Medieval Forests: An Illustration from Bernwood (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Local History |
| Paper 1212-c | Who was Assarting, Where and When?: Evidence from Wychwood (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Rural, Local History |
| Abstract | Conventional historical has emphasised the forests as timber stores - their increasing role at the end of the Middle Ages and beyond in response to expanding cities and burgeoning navies. Other economic and social issues have been largely ignored. What was life like for families in medieval forest communities, for example? How did forests function as arenas for social interaction among the powerful? Who was attempting to exploit the forests beyond their (ancient?) capacities and for what purposes? How was the complex woodland ecology managed by and for local communities as well as for the lord, often the king? |