CONTENTS
H. R. Wilton Hall
Chap.
Page
I.
Introduction
1
II.
Men who lived in Caves and Pits
3
III.
The Pit-dwellers
6
IV.
Earthworks, Mounds, Barrows, &c.
11
V.
In Roman Times
15
VI.
Early Saxon Times
19
VII.
Early Saxon Villages
22
VIII.
Anglo-Saxon Tuns and Vills
26
IX.
Tythings and Hundreds—Shires
29
X.
The Early English Town
33
XI.
In Early Christian Times
35
XII.
Monasteries
37
XIII.
Towns and Villages in the Time of Cnut
the Dane
41
XIV.
Churches and Monasteries in Danish and
Later Saxon Times
46
XV.
Later Saxon Times
50
XVI.
In Norman Times
52
XVII.
In Norman Times
(
continued
)
54
XVIII.
In Norman Times: The Churches
56
XIX.
Castles
58
XX.
Castles and Towns
61
XXI.
In Norman Times: The Monasteries
64
XXII.
Early Houses
69
XXIII.
Early Houses
(
continued
)
72
XXIV.
Early Town Houses
75
XXV.
Life in the Towns of the Middle Ages
79
XXVI.
The Growing Power of the Towns
85
XXVII.
The Villages, Manors, Parishes, and Parks
89
XXVIII.
Traces of Early Times in the Churches
93
XXIX.
Traces of Early Times in the Churches
(
continued
)
97
XXX.
Clerks
100
XXXI.
Fairs
104
XXXII.
Markets
108
XXXIII.
Schools
113
XXXIV.
Universities
118
XXXV.
Changes brought about by the Black Death
122
XXXVI.
Wool
125
XXXVII.
The Poor
127
XXXVIII
Changes in Houses and House-building
131
XXXIX.
The Ruins of the Monasteries and the New
Buildings
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