The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 70
... centres of missionary activity ; these were to become known as ' minster churches ' , centres at which baptism or burial could take place and where religious services could be observed . They were essentially centres of a Christian ...
... centres of missionary activity ; these were to become known as ' minster churches ' , centres at which baptism or burial could take place and where religious services could be observed . They were essentially centres of a Christian ...
Page 166
... centres exerted a disproportionate influence on the social and econ- omic life of the country throughout the Middle Ages . They were centres of government , of industry and commerce ; they acted as market centres for the surrounding ...
... centres exerted a disproportionate influence on the social and econ- omic life of the country throughout the Middle Ages . They were centres of government , of industry and commerce ; they acted as market centres for the surrounding ...
Page 175
... centres until the seventh century , when ports such as Ipswich and Saxon South- ampton began to flourish on sites not previously occupied . At much the same time some form of urban life began to re - emerge in old Roman towns ...
... centres until the seventh century , when ports such as Ipswich and Saxon South- ampton began to flourish on sites not previously occupied . At much the same time some form of urban life began to re - emerge in old Roman towns ...
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Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester