The Wandering Herd: The Medieval Cattle Economy of South-East England c.450-1450

The British countryside is on the brink of change. With the withdrawal of EU subsidies, threats of US style factory farming and the promotion of ‘rewilding’ initiatives, never before has so much uncertainty and opportunity surrounded our landscape. How we shape our prospective environment can be informed by bygone practice, as well as through engagement with livestock and landscapes long since vanished.

This study will examine aspects of pastoralism that occurred in part of medieval England...