Mediaeval England / edited by H. W. C. Davis
1924, New edition. Oxford : The Clarendon Press. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Frontispiece accompanied by a guard sheet.Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #339090
Physical description: xxi,632p.: ill.; maps, plans, facsims.; 24cm. Notes: Mediaeval England, a new ed. of Barnard's Companion to English history, edited by H. W. C. Davis. "Books for reference" at end of each article. Contents: I. Ecclesiastical architecture, by E. A. G. Lamborn.--II. Domestic architecture, by J. A. Gotch.--III. War: 1. Military architecture, by E. A. G. Lamborn. 2. The art of war, by Sir C. W. C. Oman.--IV. Costume, civil, by A. Hartshorne, revised by C. J. ffoulkes.--V. Costume, military, by A. Hartshorne, revised by C. J. ffoulkes.--VI. Heraldry, by F. P. Barnard.--VII. Shipping, by M. Oppenheim.--VIII. Town life, by Lucy Toulmin Smith.--IX. Country life, by G. T. Warner.--X. The monks, the friars, and the secular clergy: 1. Monasticism, by Rose Graham. 2. The mendicant orders, by A. G. Little. 3. The secular clergy, by Geoffrey Baskerville.--XI. Learning and education: 1. General survey, by R. S. Ralt. 2. Handwriting, by Falconer Madan. 3. Printed books, the book trade, and libraries, by Strickland Gibson.--XII. Art, by G. McN. Rushforth.--XIII. Coinage, by G. C. Brooke.--XIV. Trade and commerce, by I. S. Leadam. Subjects:
Great Britain History Medieval period, 1066-1485. Great Britain Antiquities. England. History. 10th-16th Centuries. Middle Ages. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €35.00