The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 130
... cloth - making industry . 5 Trade in cloth , which is so well documented , has , on the other hand , been a popular study for historians , * who have , with few exceptions , tended to deal more with the administration and organisation ...
... cloth - making industry . 5 Trade in cloth , which is so well documented , has , on the other hand , been a popular study for historians , * who have , with few exceptions , tended to deal more with the administration and organisation ...
Page 134
... cloth in vats filled with water and fuller's earth , a clay- like substance still used today as an absorbent of the grease and oil of cloth . It is unfortunate that Professor Carus - Wilson's exciting theory about fulling - mills ( p ...
... cloth in vats filled with water and fuller's earth , a clay- like substance still used today as an absorbent of the grease and oil of cloth . It is unfortunate that Professor Carus - Wilson's exciting theory about fulling - mills ( p ...
Page 136
... clothing and narrow silk braids used perhaps as shoe - laces have been found . “ All these pieces are thought to have been imported already woven into cloth , presum- ably from the Near East . There is so far no evidence for silk ...
... clothing and narrow silk braids used perhaps as shoe - laces have been found . “ All these pieces are thought to have been imported already woven into cloth , presum- ably from the Near East . There is so far no evidence for silk ...
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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