Historical Geography

Historical Geography and the Study of the European Rural Landscape

“…series of meetings which have emanated from 'it. Progress in historical geography has been monitored during the last fifteen or so years, both in annual reviews (Baker, 1977(Baker, , 1978(Baker, and 1979Conzen, 1980;Dennis, 1983Dennis, , 1984Dennis, and 1985Kearns, 1986) and in irregular surveys of the practice of historical geography within particular countries as well as internationally (for example : Baker, 1972;Prince, 1980;Baker and Gregory, 1984;Norton, 1984;Gregory, 1986;Pacione, 1987). So much progress has been achieved in historical geography during the last thirty years that it is impossible to do it justice here.…”