The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 20
... fourteenth century the population stood at roughly three million . This drastic and rapid decline was due to economic pressures at the turn of the thirteenth century , exacerbated by agricul- tural failures early in the fourteenth ...
... fourteenth century the population stood at roughly three million . This drastic and rapid decline was due to economic pressures at the turn of the thirteenth century , exacerbated by agricul- tural failures early in the fourteenth ...
Page 21
... fourteenth century , but the same factors also had much longer - term effects which did not truly show themselves until a century later . A survey of eighty - two known deserted settlements in Northamptonshire published in 1966 shows ...
... fourteenth century , but the same factors also had much longer - term effects which did not truly show themselves until a century later . A survey of eighty - two known deserted settlements in Northamptonshire published in 1966 shows ...
Page 34
... fourteenth century and the steep drop in population free tenants became more common , and the resultant increase in mobility of the rural population has been cited as one of the causes of village desertions towards the end of the Middle ...
... fourteenth century and the steep drop in population free tenants became more common , and the resultant increase in mobility of the rural population has been cited as one of the causes of village desertions towards the end of the Middle ...
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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