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Rievaulx Abbey, the Cistercian taskscape and environmental change (2023)
Journal Article
Horsfield, F. (2023). Rievaulx Abbey, the Cistercian taskscape and environmental change. Cîteaux – Commentarii cistercienses, 2022(73), 187-211. https://doi.org/10.2143/CIT.73.1.0000000

Rievaulx Abbey, the Cistercian taskscape and environmental change

The work contributes to the growing body of revisionist research into the Cistercian order by extending the concept of ‘taskscape,’ originally devised by anthropologist Tim Ingold t... Read More about Rievaulx Abbey, the Cistercian taskscape and environmental change.

Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey and the ‘Transformation’ of King Henry II’s Wasteland (2020)
Book Chapter
Horsfield, F. (2020). Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey and the ‘Transformation’ of King Henry II’s Wasteland. In J. C. Sánchez-Pardo, E. H. Marron, & M. C. Țiplic (Eds.), Ecclesiastical Landscapes in Medieval Europe - An Archaeological Perspective (148-166). Archaeopress

Based on interdisciplinary research, the physical transformation of one of the few Cistercian granges in England thought to have been founded entirely on ‘waste’ land is being reassessed. Rievaulx Abbey’s reclamation of the land given to the monaster... Read More about Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey and the ‘Transformation’ of King Henry II’s Wasteland.

Rievaulx Abbey: update on a long-term landscape conversation (2016)
Journal Article
Horsfield, F. (2016). Rievaulx Abbey: update on a long-term landscape conversation. Bulletin / (Teesside Archaeological Society. Online), 20, 22-24

As the countdown begins to the ioo" anniversary of national guardianship be,ginning at Rievaulx Abbey in 1917, collaborations are now underway to examine the surprisingly understudied archaeology of this heritage icon. Rievaulx Abbey has been a part... Read More about Rievaulx Abbey: update on a long-term landscape conversation.