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Richard Barber.
A Strong Land and a Sturdy: England in the Middle Ages.

Published London: André Deutsch, 1976.
Series: The Mirror of Britain.
ISBN 0233967400.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Cox & Wyman, London Fakenham & Reading.
Size: 160x240x16mm.
Page count: text 128pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather scuffed, some wear on its edges and corners, price-clipped on its front flyleaf; a little wear on the boards and spine; pages a bit yellowed with age; some pencilled sidelines in the margins throughout.


This item £1.50
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 457g.

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Contents: Coming of the Normans; The king & his court; A noblemen & his household; Manor & village; The merchant & the towns; Schools & universities; The church; Medicine & science; Artists & craftsmen; Travellers; The knight & war; Conclusion.

Illustrations: 63 monochrome text illustrations, and 8 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes


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