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Carlisle charts the city's emergence as an urban centre under the Romans and traces its development over subsequent centuries until the high Middle Ages. This comprehensive historical study explores how Carlisle's position as a border city fundamentally shaped its character and significance. The book examines Carlisle's role as a critical defensive element in Roman Britannia and later as a frontier city between England and Scotland, occupying the only major overland route in the western borderlands. By analysing the landscape characteristics and strategic importance of this ancient settlement, the work reveals how geography and politics intertwined to make Carlisle an essential urban centre throughout multiple historical periods. Ideal for historians, students of Roman Britain, and anyone interested in medieval border communities and urban development.

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Carlisle's transformation from a Roman settlement into a significant medieval urban centre is thoroughly documented with historical context and archaeological evidence.

The book emphasises Carlisle's unique position as a border city between Roman Britannia and later between England and Scotland, distinguishing it from other frontier settlements.

Published by Routledge, this reference work offers scholarly analysis of how landscape and geography influenced Carlisle's strategic and economic importance across centuries.

The study traces Carlisle's development through multiple historical periods, from Roman occupation through the high Middle Ages, providing comprehensive historical narrative.

This Cities of the Ancient World title examines the overland route significance that made Carlisle crucial to regional defence and commerce in western frontier regions.

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Release Date
13 July 2017
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11 December 2016

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