Downland, marsh, and weald: monastic foundation and rural intensification in Anglo-Saxon Kent

Thomas, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-8218 (2016) Downland, marsh, and weald: monastic foundation and rural intensification in Anglo-Saxon Kent. In: Flechner, R. and Máire, N. M. (eds.) The Introduction of Christianity into the Early Medieval Insular World: Converting the Isles I. Studies in the Early Middle Ages. Brepols, Turnhout, pp. 349-376. ISBN 9782503554624 doi: 10.1484/M.CELAMA-EB.5.108730

Abstract/Summary

This paper takes a fresh look at the relationship between Christian conversion and economic change in Anglo-Saxon England, drawing upon new archaeological evidence from Kent. One of its primary aims is to exploit the archaeological record to provide a critical perspective on how these two processes may have related to one another, paying particular attention to previous assumptions concerning the role played by monastic institutions in the process of rural intensification in Anglo-Saxon England.