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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... record of a building . Principal amongst these is the level of concentration and observation that is required to produce a stone - by - stone record . Interpretation and definition of research aims are essential here in deciding the ...
... record of a building . Principal amongst these is the level of concentration and observation that is required to produce a stone - by - stone record . Interpretation and definition of research aims are essential here in deciding the ...
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... Records may be generated in a number of ways ( see Swallow et al . 1993 ) , of which the most direct is drawing by hand . Artificial grids may be set up horizontally or vertically in exactly the same way as they are in excavation , and ...
... Records may be generated in a number of ways ( see Swallow et al . 1993 ) , of which the most direct is drawing by hand . Artificial grids may be set up horizontally or vertically in exactly the same way as they are in excavation , and ...
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... records she uses , written down by clerks in varying degrees of detail from the oral accounts of eye - witnesses ... record . One could , indeed , argue that these are somewhat solidly built structures since the collapse of very light ...
... records she uses , written down by clerks in varying degrees of detail from the oral accounts of eye - witnesses ... record . One could , indeed , argue that these are somewhat solidly built structures since the collapse of very light ...
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the practicalities | 23 |
The postConquest hall | 66 |
The later medieval hall | 89 |
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