Conquest, ceramics, continuity and change. Beyond representational approaches to continuity and change in early medieval England: a case study from Anglo-Norman Southampton
Ben Jervis
Studies of A nglo‐ N orman material culture, and pottery in particular, have struggled to see how processes change are reflected the record. In this paper I propose a new approach analysis material. By reconstructing people interacted with objects, we can agency create E ngland was distributed through interactions between their surroundings. Furthermore, rather than being such interactions, continuity flowed engagements generating unique meanings experiences. This therefore challenges existing ontology that underlies our understanding period its political developments ethnic identities.
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