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 13
... remained— the forest of Rossendale in Lancashire remained as such until 1507 , and not until then could it be effectively opened up and settled - but great tracts of England had been freed by the mid- dle of the thirteenth century ...
... remained— the forest of Rossendale in Lancashire remained as such until 1507 , and not until then could it be effectively opened up and settled - but great tracts of England had been freed by the mid- dle of the thirteenth century ...
Page 128
... remained comparatively constant . Weapons changed little , especially when the length of the epoch is borne in mind . Certainly there was nothing to com pare with the astonishing developments of the modern world . Lance , spear , sword ...
... remained comparatively constant . Weapons changed little , especially when the length of the epoch is borne in mind . Certainly there was nothing to com pare with the astonishing developments of the modern world . Lance , spear , sword ...
Page 129
... remained together over a period and who must have developed powers of concerted action : the ships ' crews of the Vikings , the Great Army of the Danes , the housecarles of the Old English kings , feudal households , mercenary bands ...
... remained together over a period and who must have developed powers of concerted action : the ships ' crews of the Vikings , the Great Army of the Danes , the housecarles of the Old English kings , feudal households , mercenary bands ...
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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