Medieval Riverscapes

Ellen F. Arnold is Associate Professor of Pre-modern Environmental History at the University of Stavanger, Norway. She is the author of Negotiating the Landscape and co-editor of the journal Water History.

• Preface; Introduction: Medieval Waters; 200–450: Late Antique Gaul; 1. Poetries of Place; 450–750: The Merovingians; 2. Rivers of Risk; 3. River Resources; 750–950: The Carolingians; 4. Rivers and Memory; 950–1050: The Year 1000 Question; 5. Ruptured Rivers; 6. Meanderings; 1050–1250: A New World?; 7. The Same River Twice.

'As observers from Heraclitus to today's flood managers know, rivers define the lands they flow through. In Ellen Arnold's compelling narrative, 'riverscapes' reveal key environmental and cultural features of late antique and medieval Europe. Showing how river histories provide keys to future resilience, her book brings medieval environmental history into contemporary debates.' Steve Mentz, Professor of English, St. John's University, New York City, author of Ocean and An Introduction to the Blue Humanities