Table of Contents

Introduction - Sheila Sweetinburgh
'What Came Before': The Kingdom of Kent to AD 800 - Andrew Richardson
'Land and Marsh': Settlement, Colonisation and Consolidation, c.800-1220 - Gillian M. Draper
New Life in Towns, c.800 to c.1220 - Gillian M. Draper
Viking-Age Kent, c.800-1042 - Stuart Brookes
Saints, Pilgrimage and Landscape in Early Medieval Kent c.800-1220 - Hilary Powell
The Early Charters of Canterbury Cathedral - Nicholas Brooks
Monastic Culture in Early Medieval Canterbury: 597-1220 - Diane Heath
The Impact of Anglo-Norman Patronage on the Architecture of Kent Churches - Mary Berg
Canterbury in the Eleventh Century, a Tale of Two Viking Incursions - Paul Bennett and Mary Berg
Residues, Rentals and Social Topography in Angevin Canterbury - Jake Weekes
Pottery in Kent c.800-1220: Production, Use and Significance - John Cotter
Place-Name Elements: Taken from Paul Cullen's Study of the Lathes of St Augustine and Shipway - Paul Cullen

About the Author

Sheila Sweetinburgh is a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University and editor of Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220 (Boydell, 2016) and Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540 (Boydell, 2018). Sheila Sweetinburgh is a Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University and editor of Early Medieval Kent, 800-1220 (Boydell, 2016) and Later Medieval Kent, 1220-1540 (Boydell, 2018).

Reviews

This is an excellent volume... multifaceted and rich...methodologies drawn from landscape studies, history, archaeology, ecclesiastical and architectural history, and biography, all offer keen insights. More significantly, the range of discussion presented in the volume allows the reader to make connections between disparate events, objects, sites, and figures in early medieval Kent, and to understand the ripples they sent across medieval England more widely.
*ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL*

Will be a great value to anyone interested in early medieval Kent... it is much more than a 'county history', however: this book represents an impressive amount of scholarship and deserves a wide readership.
*MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY*

This is decidedly recommended reading for anybody who is seriously interested in the medieval history and archaeology of Kent.
*JOURNAL OF KENT HISTORY*