Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Landscape

Agrartechnik in mittelalterlichen Landschaften. Technologie agraire dans le paysage medieval. 9th - 15th September 2013 Smolenice, Slovakia

edited by Jan Klapste

Book cover: Agrarian Technology in the Medieval Landscape

Extent: 448 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Ruralia

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(April 2016)

ISBN: 9782503551371

Price: $138.00

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This volume includes 27 papers dealing with agrarian technologies in the medieval landscape as seen in different European countries. The subject areas included cultivation, livestock husbandry, gardening, viticulture and woodland management–interpreting the concept of agrarian production in a broad sense–studied mainly on the basis of archaeology, but also using iconography, documentary evidence and archaeo-environmental approaches.


The Ruralia, Volume 10, includes 27 papers dealing with agrarian technologies in the medieval landscape as seen in different European countries. The subject areas included cultivation, livestock husbandry, gardening, viticulture and woodland management–interpreting the concept of agrarian production in a broad sense–studied mainly on the basis of archaeology, but also using iconography, documentary evidence and archaeo-environmental approaches. The Ruralia, Volume 10, marks an important step on the way towards interpreting innovation, as well as understanding the varieties of agrarian activity from a Europe-wide perspective. The authors from 14 countries provide a broad overview of the current issues, complemented by extensive bibliographies. The Ruralia, Volume 10, represents one of the current fields of European archaeological research and offers a solid foundation for further comparative studies.

  • Edited by Jan Klapste