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... houses of the Britons were of the rudest con- struction . Most of them were huts of wood , wattled with clay and roofed with straw or the boughs of trees . Those of their chiefs and kings were very little superior . They displayed ...
... houses of the Britons were of the rudest con- struction . Most of them were huts of wood , wattled with clay and roofed with straw or the boughs of trees . Those of their chiefs and kings were very little superior . They displayed ...
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... houses were mostly of wood , the only buildings of stone being the churches , monasteries , and the few fortresses ; and even these were not com- mon till Edward the Confessor introduced Norman builders . In carving wood , and working ...
... houses were mostly of wood , the only buildings of stone being the churches , monasteries , and the few fortresses ; and even these were not com- mon till Edward the Confessor introduced Norman builders . In carving wood , and working ...
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... house standing ; villages and towns were burnt by his troops , their inhabitants slain , or driven into Scotland , while pestilence and famine com- pleted the ruin the Normans had begun . It is esti- mated that , in this way , nearly ...
... house standing ; villages and towns were burnt by his troops , their inhabitants slain , or driven into Scotland , while pestilence and famine com- pleted the ruin the Normans had begun . It is esti- mated that , in this way , nearly ...
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... House of Plan- tagenet . He had more extensive dominions in Europe than any king of England before or since his time has possessed . When he came to the crown , he was already owner of vast and splendid provinces . In right of his ...
... House of Plan- tagenet . He had more extensive dominions in Europe than any king of England before or since his time has possessed . When he came to the crown , he was already owner of vast and splendid provinces . In right of his ...
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... House of Commons , which has been for centuries the greatest glory and protection of England . The To Simon de Montfort is due the honour of having first publicly recognised the existence of the trading industry of the nation , and ...
... House of Commons , which has been for centuries the greatest glory and protection of England . The To Simon de Montfort is due the honour of having first publicly recognised the existence of the trading industry of the nation , and ...
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