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 69
... stone house which stood in the way of the flames . But the Assize itself1 did no more than en- courage the building of stone party walls three feet thick , and it was not until after a disastrous fire in 1212 that roofs of reeds ...
... stone house which stood in the way of the flames . But the Assize itself1 did no more than en- courage the building of stone party walls three feet thick , and it was not until after a disastrous fire in 1212 that roofs of reeds ...
Page 105
... stone churches should not have witnessed the execution of castle works in stone from the beginning also . The number of such works datable with certainty to the eleventh century is , however , exceedingly small and , as might be ...
... stone churches should not have witnessed the execution of castle works in stone from the beginning also . The number of such works datable with certainty to the eleventh century is , however , exceedingly small and , as might be ...
Page 223
... stone - faced wall and a rude stone church . Churchmen were early in the field . They were no respecters of ancient buildings . Even before the castle mounds were crowned with their keeps of stone , Norman prelates and priors were ...
... stone - faced wall and a rude stone church . Churchmen were early in the field . They were no respecters of ancient buildings . Even before the castle mounds were crowned with their keeps of stone , Norman prelates and priors were ...
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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