Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Class Dates

Please note, there is no class on Wednesday 25th March or Wednesday 1st April.  The final two sessions are on Wednesday 8th April and Wednesday 15th April.

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Assignment

Take a look at Marilyn Palmer’s paper on the Leicester Framework Knitters.
Can you summarise the developments in this industry from the 18th to 19th centuries

How did the industry change over this period? What drove the changes? What is the nature of the evidence?

Class 7. The East Midlands, 1500-1900


The slides for Class 7, The East Midlands 1500-1900 are available to download from here.

Friday, 13 March 2015

The Southwell Archaeology Project

Also mentioned in this week's class, the University of Nottingham's Southwell Archaeology Project is on-going research "combining a range of desk-based and archaeological survey techniques (e.g. test-pitting, geophysics, fieldwalking, environmental and standing buildings recording) to examine how the area developed from the Roman period to the present day. "  Work has uncovered tantalising evidence for the nature of Late Saxon Southwell and the possibility of a reconquest period burgh.

Nottingham Caves Survey



Trent & Peak Archaeology's superb Nottingham Caves Survey, mentioned in this week's class and funded by English Heritage, has used the latest laser scanning and digital technology to document Nottingham's 540 plus man-made caves.

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Assignment: The East Midlands 1600-1900

What changes overtook the East Midlands in the period 1600-1900?

Think about broad changes affecting towns and the countryside and in particular how each are best evidenced (by archaeology or by documentary history?)

Can you come up with one solid example of significant change (enclosure/industrial growth/population movement, etc.) that is evidenced best by archaeology?

Use the chapters from the East Midland Research Framework  as your guide.

Class 6: The Medieval Town in the East Midlands



The slides for Class 6: The Medieval Town in the East Midlands are available to download from here.

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Treasures of the Bodliean: The 1635 Map of Laxton

Mark Pierce's wonderful 1635 map of Laxton (mentioned in this week's class) is owned by the Bodliean Library at the University of Oxford. Here the Nick Millea the map librarian  introduces the map in all its glory.

Assignment; Medieval Nottingham

Take a look at Maurice Barley’s seminal 1969 historical summary of Nottingham and the more recent taster paper by David Knight et al on excavations revealing the origins of the town.  You might like to supplement this with your own reading – local studies libraries are bursting with Nottingham material.  We will discuss Nottingham as an example of the development of a great Midland’s town in the Middle Ages – come prepared!

Class 5: The Medieval Countryside


The slides for Class 5: Th Medieval Countryside of the East Midlands are available to download from here.