The "glorious house" of the senatorial family of the Flavii Apiones is the best documented economic entity of the Roman Empire during the fifth through seventh centuries, that critical period of transition between the classical world and the Middle Ages. For decades, the rich bu…
For more than 400 years a substantial moated manor house at Iron Acton in South Gloucestershire was occupied first by the Acton family and then by the Poyntz family. Successive remodelllings and extensions of the 13th-century building reflected the growth in wealth of the Actons…
From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them--Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the s…
From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them--Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the s…
"In these extraordinary accounts of some of England's finest houses you will discover romantic castles surrounded by medieval moats, manor houses inhabited by the same families for generations; you'll stumble across the breath-taking backdrops for films and television dramas, an…
"In these extraordinary accounts of some of England's finest houses you will discover romantic castles surrounded by medieval moats, manor houses inhabited by the same families for generations; you'll stumble across the breath-taking backdrops for films and television dramas, an…
The English manor, c. 1200-c. 1500
by Bailey, Mark
fromManchester medieval sources series
The English manor, c.1200-c.1500
by Bailey, Mark
fromManchester medieval sources series
The English Manor C. 1200-C. 1500
by Maclean, Simon, Horrox, Rosemary
fromManchester Medieval Sources Ser