{"product_id":"9780954557560","title":"A Frontier Landscape: The North West in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire - at the periphery of the kingdom, both politically and economically - have been comparatively neglected in the history of the English landscape. This important book redresses the balance. N. J. Higham portrays North West England as a frontier landscape which, between c. 1050 and 1550, went through successive changes which have left a deep impression on the region today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book paints a picture of the North West at the time of Domesday: a sparsely settled land of little hamlets, fells, woods, marshes and mosses; tells the story of the region's economic growth between 1100 and 1350: the development of open fields, new exploitation of wastes and woodland, and an expanding population; shows how the North West did not, unlike much of England, stagnate economically in the late thirteenth-century; explores the impact of Tudor enclosure; discusses the medieval growth of Manchester, Liverpool and above all Chester as potent urban centres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly illustrated with maps and pictures of the North West's medieval landscapes and buildings, this book is more than a regional landscape history. It is a book which will change our perspective on the landscape history of medieval England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. J. Higham is Reader in Medieval History at the University of Manchester.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Windgather Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016605810928,"sku":"9780954557560","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780954557560_p0.jpg?v=1763867398","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780954557560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}