Models of medieval and pre-medieval territorial organisation
D. Hannerberg
The author synthesizes some Swedish investigations into area- and form-planning of administrative units, parishes divisions these, as well areas for clearing which were already divided up among the part-owners. areas, are described in a metrological notation system based on original length-measures comparable area-measures, combined with corresponding cameralistic units tax assessments. These have been reconstructed directly from medieval sixteenth-century soures including evidence much older relict units. geometrical material gives basis models (1) spatial structure rural landscape different phases evolution (2) their through centuries, area arable land or meadow together being key variable. Finally, it is shown that regional planning system, was probably introduced parts Middle Sweden eleventh century metrologically coincides an organisation also used Northern Wales tenth century.
Journal of Historical Geography