Humps, bumps, buildings and hedges: walking through history.
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The course is a set of five fieldtrips around the theme of medieval landscape. Each session will be based on a different site, each within 15 miles of Cambridge and each focusing on a different general topic..
A course handbook will provide guidance on recognition and interpretation of different forms of evidence, as well as historic maps of each location.
Weekly sessions
- 18 April: The origins of medieval settlement, settlement planning and morphology (Barton)
- 25 April: The practices and development of medieval arable cultivation, its relationship with settlement and with non-arable resources (Toft)
- 2 May: (a) Greens and commons, and (b) medieval and postmedieval vernacular architecture (Barrington)
- 9 May: The influence of water-borne trade and dairying on the origins and development of settlement (Reach)
- 16 May: Drawing the threads together: morphology, vernacular and ecclesiastical architecture, earthworks, and drainage (Rampton)
Online support
This course will be supported by our e-learning centre, ICE Online. You will be able to download course material, contact your tutor and talk to fellow students via the web at a time and place that’s convenient to you.
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Seminar groups
This course has a related seminar group where you can explore the issues in more depth.
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Syllabus and reading resource list
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Unless otherwise stated, teaching and assessment for ICE courses is in English. Students for whom English is not their first language should refer to the Competence in the English Language Policy for further guidance.
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Madingley
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
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Course details
Start date
18 April 2012 (10:00)
End date
16 May 2012 (12:00)
Course code
1112NWR017
Duration
5 weeks
Venue
Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Madingley Hall, Madingley
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
CB23 8AQ
Teaching sessions
Meetings: 5
Qualifications / Credits
Non-accredited