All Outputs (2)

The Ecology of Crusading: Investigating the Environmental Impact of Holy War and Colonisation at the Frontiers of Medieval Europe (2011)
Journal Article
Pluskowski, A., Boas, A., & Gerrard, C. (2011). The Ecology of Crusading: Investigating the Environmental Impact of Holy War and Colonisation at the Frontiers of Medieval Europe. Medieval Archaeology, 55(1), 192-225. https://doi.org/10.1179/174581711x13103897378564

The Crusades in the Near East, eastern Baltic and Iberian Peninsula (in the context of the Reconquest/reconquista) were accompanied by processes of colonisation, characterising the expansion of medieval Europe and resulting in the creation of frontie... Read More about The Ecology of Crusading: Investigating the Environmental Impact of Holy War and Colonisation at the Frontiers of Medieval Europe.

Contest and co-operation: strategies for medieval and later irrigation along the upper Huecha valley, Aragon, north-east Spain (2011)
Journal Article
Gerrard, C. (2011). Contest and co-operation: strategies for medieval and later irrigation along the upper Huecha valley, Aragon, north-east Spain. Water History, 3(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-011-0030-y

This case study from north-east Spain examines technologies of water capture, storage and distribution in the Middle Ages and later. Drawing on details from contemporary documents and archaeological fieldwork, the article then explores the allocation... Read More about Contest and co-operation: strategies for medieval and later irrigation along the upper Huecha valley, Aragon, north-east Spain.