View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Loyola eCommons Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2014 Diplomatic Solutions: Land Use in Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire Kevin Anthony Caliendo Loyola University Chicago Recommended Citation Caliendo, Kevin Anthony, "Diplomatic Solutions: Land Use in Anglo-Saxon Worcestershire" (2014). Dissertations. Paper 1254. http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/1254 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2014 Kevin Anthony Caliendo LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS: LAND USE IN ANGLO-SAXON WORCESTERSHIRE A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN ENGLISH BY KEVIN A. CALIENDO CHICAGO, IL AUGUST 2014 Copyright by Kevin A. Caliendo, 2014 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My life has changed a great deal during my work towards a PhD at Loyola University Chicago that is now reaching its conclusion with this dissertation. My son Rocco was born during my second year in the program and for his entire life I have prepared for, researched, and written this dissertation. In his six years, he has known nothing else. The sacrifices that he and my wife Christine have made are what I wish to acknowledge first. Their patience, support, and love helped me through many long hours, late nights, and weekends of study and writing.