Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Landscapes of change in late antiquity and the early middle ages: themes, directions and problems, Neil Christie; Elites, exhibitionism and the society of the late Roman villa, Sarah Scott; Interpreting the transformation of late Roman villas: the case of Hispania, Alexandra Chavarría Arnau; From Vicus to village: Italian landscapes, AD 400-1000, Paul Arthur; Vandal, Byzantine and Arab rural landscapes in North Africa, Anna Leone and David Mattingly; Problems in interpreting rural and urban settlement in southern Greece, AD 365-700, G.D.R. Sanders; Balkan ghosts? Nationalism and the question of rural continuity in Albania, William Bowden and Richard Hodges; Cataclysm on the lower Danube: the destruction of a complex Roman landscape, Andrew Poulter; The origin of the village in early medieval Gaul, Patrick Périn; The late antique landscape of Britain, AD 300-700, Ken Dark; The archaeology of early Anglo-Saxon settlements: past, present and future, Helena Hamerow; Index.

About the Author

Neil Christie, University of Leicester, UK Neil Christie, Sarah Scott, Alexandra Chavarria Arnau, Paul Arthur, Anna Leone, David Mattingly, G.D.R. Sanders, William Bowden, Richard Hodges, Andrew Poulter, Patrick Perin, Ken Dark, Helena Hamerow.

Reviews

'... a book of rare excellence... it teaches a vast amount about postclassical economies and societies. It offers up-to-date syntheses of fresh archaeological data, much of it hard for non-specialists to reach at all. It sheds considerable light on vital and neglected matters of rural land use and settlement, becoming thereby a precious point of reference. This rich collection confirms how marvelously complex, and how regionally diverse, was the transition from classical to medieval times.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Neil Christie, has assembled a distinguished cast of scholars to discuss this problem for each of their particular areas of knowledge, and himself considers common threads, in an introductory chapter which is intelligent and comprehensive.' Antiquity