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 133
... force estab lished on a low ridge . Harold , fighting on his home ground against a sea - borne in- vader , should have had the advantage in numbers . The north- ern shires , however , were only lukewarm in their loyalty ; their military ...
... force estab lished on a low ridge . Harold , fighting on his home ground against a sea - borne in- vader , should have had the advantage in numbers . The north- ern shires , however , were only lukewarm in their loyalty ; their military ...
Page 140
... force loyal to Henry won a victory in the same way , with the addition of a number of archers who took the charging enemy in the flank and made their defeat still more decisive . The English force which threw back the Scots at the ...
... force loyal to Henry won a victory in the same way , with the addition of a number of archers who took the charging enemy in the flank and made their defeat still more decisive . The English force which threw back the Scots at the ...
Page 177
... force to gether for a long period , and the knowledge of Mediterranean shipping gained as a result of the expedition , were important for the future . As soon as the Channel ports fell into enemy hands on the loss of Normandy the need ...
... force to gether for a long period , and the knowledge of Mediterranean shipping gained as a result of the expedition , were important for the future . As soon as the Channel ports fell into enemy hands on the loss of Normandy the need ...
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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