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Richard Muir.
The National Trust Guide to Dark Age and Medieval Britain 400-1350.
Published London: Guild Publishing, 1985 (book club edition, previously issued by George Philip & Sons).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: not stated.
Size: 219×285×24mm.
Page count: text 256pp; plates 16pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket on this copy is rather ragged on its edges, folds, and corners; some mild bumps & dinks on the boards; text pages somewhat yellowed with age a little; text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 1202g.

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Not set out as a conventional guide book: provides a narrative account of the landscape and surroundings of medieval Britain, using photographs and examples from the National Trust’s properties, though does include some maps and a basic gazetteer.

Contents: Intro. — 2 steps back; Into an age of darkness; Christianity — path back to civilization; Dark age countryside — a mystery tour; Camelot to Wallingford; Land full of castles; The medieval house; People at prayer; Cathedrals; The monastery; Town & country in medieval Britain.
Appendices: Gazetteer

Illustrations: monochrome illustrations throughout, plus 16 pages of colour plates
Maps & plans: 12

Notes: no
Tables: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: half-page
Index: yes

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