The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... reasons why villages were deserted in the Middle Ages have fascinated . archaeologists , historians and historical geographers since deserted villages were first discussed by modern scholars and they are still the subject of controversy ...
... reasons why villages were deserted in the Middle Ages have fascinated . archaeologists , historians and historical geographers since deserted villages were first discussed by modern scholars and they are still the subject of controversy ...
Page 150
... reasons perhaps associated with the availability of raw materials , particularly fuel , and the fire risk , was changed some time in the eleventh or twelfth century into a more dispersed rural distribution . The rural emphasis continued ...
... reasons perhaps associated with the availability of raw materials , particularly fuel , and the fire risk , was changed some time in the eleventh or twelfth century into a more dispersed rural distribution . The rural emphasis continued ...
Page 174
... reasons , 22 but a large number of them originated in the pre - Conquest period , particularly in the tenth and eleventh centuries , when towns were being founded or were developing for both military and economic reasons . Before we ...
... reasons , 22 but a large number of them originated in the pre - Conquest period , particularly in the tenth and eleventh centuries , when towns were being founded or were developing for both military and economic reasons . Before we ...
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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