Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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Page 72
... rich but , as the rich could pass it on , even more severely on the poor . The peasants ' burdens , the labour and boon - services demanded of them by their lords , became heavier . The English thane , who had taken part of the village ...
... rich but , as the rich could pass it on , even more severely on the poor . The peasants ' burdens , the labour and boon - services demanded of them by their lords , became heavier . The English thane , who had taken part of the village ...
Page 300
... rich . For a genera- tion the burden of war debts and taxes had fallen with what seemed insupportable severity on the survivors . The result was a wide- spread sense of frustration , of loss of familiar standards , of resent- ment ...
... rich . For a genera- tion the burden of war debts and taxes had fallen with what seemed insupportable severity on the survivors . The result was a wide- spread sense of frustration , of loss of familiar standards , of resent- ment ...
Page 393
... rich had flowed into their coffers , and as the confessors of kings , nobles and merchants , their leaders enjoyed vast influence . But they were still to be encountered every- where , ministering to rich and poor alike , enjoying ...
... rich had flowed into their coffers , and as the confessors of kings , nobles and merchants , their leaders enjoyed vast influence . But they were still to be encountered every- where , ministering to rich and poor alike , enjoying ...
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Silent Vanished Races | 1 |
The Coming of the English | 15 |
The Faith | 24 |
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