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 132
... defence . Alfred's son and daughter showed how they could be used to support recon quest . Like her father before her , Æthelflaed , the Lady of Mercia ' , provided that province with a number of fortified places . With her own lands ...
... defence . Alfred's son and daughter showed how they could be used to support recon quest . Like her father before her , Æthelflaed , the Lady of Mercia ' , provided that province with a number of fortified places . With her own lands ...
Page 169
... defence and war , for a permanent force of swift , well- armed ships to serve the king . The shipwright is naturally extremely conservative , and it was in almost every case the needs of war which led to the changes in ship design which ...
... defence and war , for a permanent force of swift , well- armed ships to serve the king . The shipwright is naturally extremely conservative , and it was in almost every case the needs of war which led to the changes in ship design which ...
Page 315
... defence , for every new weapon had to be countered by new armour and vice versa ; secondly , the contest between the need for mobility and the desire for safety . In Greek , Etruscan , and Roman times the importance of mobility was ...
... defence , for every new weapon had to be countered by new armour and vice versa ; secondly , the contest between the need for mobility and the desire for safety . In Greek , Etruscan , and Roman times the importance of mobility was ...
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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