The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... land ' , that is , land which could be cultivated to yield an arable crop sufficient to keep the cultivators above subsistence level as long as climatic conditions were right , the soil was kept well fertilised and there was a ...
... land ' , that is , land which could be cultivated to yield an arable crop sufficient to keep the cultivators above subsistence level as long as climatic conditions were right , the soil was kept well fertilised and there was a ...
Page 21
... land suffered accentuated population loss through the voluntary migration of peasants to larger and more flourishing villages nearby . By 1341 the tax record Nonarum Inquisitiones1 noted soil infertility and bad weather as the main ...
... land suffered accentuated population loss through the voluntary migration of peasants to larger and more flourishing villages nearby . By 1341 the tax record Nonarum Inquisitiones1 noted soil infertility and bad weather as the main ...
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... land reclamation until almost 100m of new land had been formed . Dwellings and warehouses were built on the newly formed land and wharves constructed against the seaward side . HARTLEPOOL SCARBOROUGH YORK GLOUCESTER 150 KM GREAT ...
... land reclamation until almost 100m of new land had been formed . Dwellings and warehouses were built on the newly formed land and wharves constructed against the seaward side . HARTLEPOOL SCARBOROUGH YORK GLOUCESTER 150 KM GREAT ...
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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