The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... population at its peak with an estimated five to six million people in the country before the end of that century . " Calculations of the size of the population are notoriously difficult , based as they must be on records which have ...
... population at its peak with an estimated five to six million people in the country before the end of that century . " Calculations of the size of the population are notoriously difficult , based as they must be on records which have ...
Page 21
... population lived in nucleated villages surrounded by their fields , each village on average no more than a mile from its neighbour . With the onset of unfavourable conditions the village populations began to decline and the smaller ...
... population lived in nucleated villages surrounded by their fields , each village on average no more than a mile from its neighbour . With the onset of unfavourable conditions the village populations began to decline and the smaller ...
Page 175
... Population : a town often has a high density and size of population compared with its surroundings 8. Diversified economic base with concentration of crafts and long - distance trade 9. House plot and type : a town may be divided into ...
... Population : a town often has a high density and size of population compared with its surroundings 8. Diversified economic base with concentration of crafts and long - distance trade 9. House plot and type : a town may be divided into ...
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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