Medieval Ships and ShippingLeicester University Press, 1997 - 219 pages In medieval Europe, water transport was paramount, on inland waterways, along the coast and overseas. In the period covered here (1000-1500) many important ports were developed, shipbuilding designs and techniques changed - as didi navigation - and international traffic flourished. All these changes are described and placed in their social and economic context in this comprehensive synthesis. |
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Page 115
... Tower and the Custom House from 1319 until about the mid - fifteenth century shows that the most commonly recorded trade of the owners or occupiers was that of shipwright ( Tatton - Brown , 1975 ) . Narrow Quay at Bristol is known from ...
... Tower and the Custom House from 1319 until about the mid - fifteenth century shows that the most commonly recorded trade of the owners or occupiers was that of shipwright ( Tatton - Brown , 1975 ) . Narrow Quay at Bristol is known from ...
Page 116
Gillian Hutchinson. The Strand suburbs 41771 ARUNDEL TOWER Above Bar Street suburbs BARGATE CATCHCOLD TOWER CASTLE QUAY PARISH OF ALL SAINTS THE CASTLE CASTLE LANE PILGRIMS GATE SIMNEL STREET FISH Street of the Smiths ENGLISH STREET ...
Gillian Hutchinson. The Strand suburbs 41771 ARUNDEL TOWER Above Bar Street suburbs BARGATE CATCHCOLD TOWER CASTLE QUAY PARISH OF ALL SAINTS THE CASTLE CASTLE LANE PILGRIMS GATE SIMNEL STREET FISH Street of the Smiths ENGLISH STREET ...
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... towers such as those at Covehithe and Kessingland were the only tall structures . They are still used by hydrographic ... tower with four buttresses and an eight - sided pyramid roof . A doorway and roofline on the north side show the ...
... towers such as those at Covehithe and Kessingland were the only tall structures . They are still used by hydrographic ... tower with four buttresses and an eight - sided pyramid roof . A doorway and roofline on the north side show the ...
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