The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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Page 166
... town and countryside in the Middle Ages were inextricably bound together , and strictly speaking the two should not be separated in any discussion . Towns do , however , display characteristics which set them apart from their rural ...
... town and countryside in the Middle Ages were inextricably bound together , and strictly speaking the two should not be separated in any discussion . Towns do , however , display characteristics which set them apart from their rural ...
Page 170
... towns in Sweden , Finland and Denmark , 13 and large - scale work in Norwegian towns such as Oslo , Tønsberg and Trondheim.14 Before then the importance of excavating medieval towns had long been appreciated by individual archaeologists ...
... towns in Sweden , Finland and Denmark , 13 and large - scale work in Norwegian towns such as Oslo , Tønsberg and Trondheim.14 Before then the importance of excavating medieval towns had long been appreciated by individual archaeologists ...
Page 174
... town . Many towns of the High Middle Ages were new foundations on virgin sites , deliberately sited to act as centres of population or markets or for strategic or economic reasons , 22 but a large number of them originated in the pre ...
... town . Many towns of the High Middle Ages were new foundations on virgin sites , deliberately sited to act as centres of population or markets or for strategic or economic reasons , 22 but a large number of them originated in the pre ...
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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