Medieval England, Volume 1Austin Lane Poole Clarendon Press, 1958 - 661 pages Volume 1 looks at the English countryside, domestic and military architecture, warefare, shipping, communications, towns & trade, coinage, clothing, arms & armor, and heraldry. |
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Page 161
... armed ' demi - lances ' . The government showed a growing interest in the manufacture and employment of artillery , but seem to have used more of it in ships and coastal forts than in the field army . The infantry no longer stood on the ...
... armed ' demi - lances ' . The government showed a growing interest in the manufacture and employment of artillery , but seem to have used more of it in ships and coastal forts than in the field army . The infantry no longer stood on the ...
Page 182
... armed convoys to protect the wine fleet from Gascony . In 1347 a custom was levied of 25. on every sack of wool ex ported and tun of wine imported , and of 6d . in the pound on all other merchandise exported or imported . Merchants had ...
... armed convoys to protect the wine fleet from Gascony . In 1347 a custom was levied of 25. on every sack of wool ex ported and tun of wine imported , and of 6d . in the pound on all other merchandise exported or imported . Merchants had ...
Page 183
... armed in self - defence led to important changes in the design of ships in order to give attackers superior height in dealing with an enemy . As early as 1190 northern long ships had dis covered when operating against Saracens in the ...
... armed in self - defence led to important changes in the design of ships in order to give attackers superior height in dealing with an enemy . As early as 1190 northern long ships had dis covered when operating against Saracens in the ...
Contents
in Economic History in the University of Oxford | 1 |
land and Fen 1417 4 The Moorlands 1819 5 The Monastic | 7 |
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AND TOWNPLAN | 37 |
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