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 101
... bridge which rises , as its spans the ditch , from the counterscarp bank to the level of the structures which ring the upper part of the motte . Of these the most prominent is a palisade of heavy upright timbers to which the besiegers ...
... bridge which rises , as its spans the ditch , from the counterscarp bank to the level of the structures which ring the upper part of the motte . Of these the most prominent is a palisade of heavy upright timbers to which the besiegers ...
Page 206
... bridge , save at Worcester , between Gloucester and Bridgnorth . Wor cester bridge was repaired in 1088 and the bridge at Bridgnorth existed in the early tenth century . Edward the Elder bridged the Trent at Nottingham in 920 , but it ...
... bridge , save at Worcester , between Gloucester and Bridgnorth . Wor cester bridge was repaired in 1088 and the bridge at Bridgnorth existed in the early tenth century . Edward the Elder bridged the Trent at Nottingham in 920 , but it ...
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... bridge over the Thames between Caversham and Reading is mentioned in 1219 ; William I crossed the Thames by Wallingford bridge in 1066 ; and Grandpont at Oxford ( now known as Folly bridge ) , vital to the road from the midlands to ...
... bridge over the Thames between Caversham and Reading is mentioned in 1219 ; William I crossed the Thames by Wallingford bridge in 1066 ; and Grandpont at Oxford ( now known as Folly bridge ) , vital to the road from the midlands to ...
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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