Professor Charles Watkins' Outputs (5)

Historical Ecology and the History of ‘Individual Landscapes’: Oliver Rackham’s Field Visits to Liguria (North-West Italy) (2024)
Book Chapter
Watkins, C., Cevasco, R., & Moreno, D. (2024). Historical Ecology and the History of ‘Individual Landscapes’: Oliver Rackham’s Field Visits to Liguria (North-West Italy). In I. D. Rotherham, & J. A. Moody (Eds.), Countryside History: The Life and Legacy of Oliver Rackham (218-232). Pelagic Press. https://doi.org/10.53061/KTIQ6027

Topographical art, travel accounts and the landscape history of viticulture in 18th and 19th -century Italy (2023)
Book Chapter
Piana, P., Balzaretti, R., & Watkins, C. (2023). Topographical art, travel accounts and the landscape history of viticulture in 18th and 19th -century Italy. In R. Cevasco, V. Pescini, & R. Hearn (Eds.), Situating foodways and foodscapes: Dalla tavola al terreno (237-260). Genova University Press

Landscape Management (2017)
Book Chapter
Watkins, C. (2017). Landscape Management. In Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 by John Constable. Tate Research

The viewpoint taken for Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows exhibited 1831 (Tate T13896) obscures the city and emphasises the rural landscape; much of the middle ground consists of trees, shrubs and grassland. This allows us to explore the way Const... Read More about Landscape Management.

The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree (2016)
Book Chapter
Watkins, C. (2016). The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree. In M. Guest, & M. M. Le Mon (Eds.), Death, life and laughter: essays on religion in honour of Douglas Davies. Routledge

Douglas Davies (1988: 33-34) argued in his paper on ‘evocative symbolism’ that trees had a practical symbolism that derived ‘both literally and metaphorically’ from their being living entities ‘spanning many generations’. He saw trees as ‘historical... Read More about The Cedar of Lebanon in England: the introduction and reception of a sacred tree.

Historical chestnut cultures, climate, and rural landscapes in the Apennines (2015)
Book Chapter
Cevasco, R., Moreno, D., Balzaretti, R., & Watkins, C. (2015). Historical chestnut cultures, climate, and rural landscapes in the Apennines. In D. Harvey, & J. Perry (Eds.), The Future of Heritage as Climates Change: Loss, Adaptation and Creativity (130-148). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724164