AR243 The Making of Urban landscapes 

AR243 The Making Of Urban Landscapes is a specialised option module.  Students taking this module must attend field classes in order to fulfil the requirements for assessment.

Module Summary

This module introduces the student to the archaeology of urban settlement with a particular focus on the physical, social and economic factors that influenced the origins, development and/or decline of urban landscapes from the early medieval period through to c.1600. Urban settlements from greater Europe and Ireland, with special reference to the towns of south Connacht, will be used to explore aspects of the built environment and material culture associated with town life. Field classes are an important part of this module.

Core Texts

• Clarke, H. B. and Simms, A. (eds) 1985 The comparative history of urban origins in non-Roman Europe: Ireland, Wales, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Russia from the ninth to the thirteenth century, 2 vols.
• Clarke, P. (ed.) 2000 The Cambridge urban history of Britain vol. 2, 1540-1840. Cambridge.  Oxford. 
• Creighton, O. and Higham, R. 2005 Medieval town walls: archaeological and social history. Stroud.
• Dyer, C. and Giles, K. 2007 Town and country in the Middle Ages: contrasts, contacts and interconnections, 1100 – 1500. The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series, vol 22. London. 
• Palliser, D. M. (ed.) 2000 The Cambridge urban history of Britain, vol. 1, 600-1540. Cambridge 
• Schofield, J. and Vince, A. (eds) 1994 Medieval towns. London.

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