Lincoln’s Growth and Trade
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Episcopal Translations: Lichfield and Norwich
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Norwich as Chief City of Eastern England
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Norwich Under the Normans
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第一章
Chapter I examines the growth of English town-life in the Thames valley during the Norman period, focusing primarily on Oxford under the D’Oillys and then turning to a detailed picture of medieval London under Henry I.…
Growth of Oxford under the D’Oillys
Although Oxford remained small by statistical measures—containing only about a thousand dwellings in the time of the Confessor—it suffered a severe, unexplained decay before the D…
Fortifications of Oxford
The strategic value of Oxford’s site, recognized long before by Eadward the Elder, had been carefully strengthened by the D’Oillys.…
Churches and Religious Foundations
The D’Oillys directed works of piety and public utility both within and without the city. The first Robert built the High Bridge that still spans the Thames, replacing the ancient…
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