Medieval HousingLeicester University Press, 1997 - 230 pages The archaeological study of standing buildings is experiencing a welcome renaissance. This book outlines recent developments in the field and shows how they have contributed to our understanding of medieval domestic dwellings. Evidence from the buildings themselves, from excavation and from documentary sources is combined to provide an outline of the development of building techniques in the Middle Ages, and current knowledge about the housing of the rich, the middling sort and the poor is reviewed. The specific adaptations demanded of domestic dwellings in the growing context of towns are also discussed. |
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... fairly green timber ( see Chapter 2 for a fuller discussion of this issue ) . Finally , it is the responsibility of the archaeologist to establish the status of the timber from which the sample is taken . Is it within the primary ...
... fairly green timber ( see Chapter 2 for a fuller discussion of this issue ) . Finally , it is the responsibility of the archaeologist to establish the status of the timber from which the sample is taken . Is it within the primary ...
Page 147
... fairly intricate mode of carpentering ; a line of argument that might carry more explanatory force is that internal jetties represent an element of technical competence that carried with it a specific symbolic or social significance ...
... fairly intricate mode of carpentering ; a line of argument that might carry more explanatory force is that internal jetties represent an element of technical competence that carried with it a specific symbolic or social significance ...
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... fairly confident conclusions about late medieval urban housing From his work on these plans , Schofield ( 1987 : 11–17 ) has identified four types of post - medieval London house ( Figure 6.8 ) , and has asserted their medieval origins ...
... fairly confident conclusions about late medieval urban housing From his work on these plans , Schofield ( 1987 : 11–17 ) has identified four types of post - medieval London house ( Figure 6.8 ) , and has asserted their medieval origins ...
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the practicalities | 23 |
The postConquest hall | 66 |
The later medieval hall | 89 |
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