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    Britain in the Middle Ages A History for Beginners
    Britain in the Middle Ages A History for Beginners
    Britain in the Middle Ages A History for Beginners
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    Britain in the Middle Ages A History for Beginners

    By Florence L. Bowman

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      Title: Britain in the Middle Ages

             A History for Beginners

      Author: Florence L. Bowman

      Release Date: July 29, 2012 [EBook #40371]

      Language: English

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      BRITAIN IN THE MIDDLE AGES

      A HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS

      CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

      C. F. CLAY, Manager

      LONDON: FETTER LANE, E. C. 4

      All Rights Reserved

      THE ARMING OF A KNIGHT

      BRITAIN IN THE MIDDLE AGES

      A HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS

      BY

      FLORENCE L. BOWMAN, M.Ed.

      FINAL HONOUR SCHOOL OF MODERN HISTORY, OXFORD

      LECTURER IN EDUCATION, HOMERTON COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

      CAMBRIDGE

      AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

      1920

      First Edition 1919

      Second Edition 1920

      PREFACE

      Since, in the early stages of school work, it is more important to present, as vividly as possible, some of the fundamental historic ideas than to give any outline of events, it is hoped that this collection of stories, told from the chronicles, may provoke readers to discussion and further inquiry.

      Questions have been included in the appendix, some suggesting handwork, both as a means of presentation in lessons and for illustrative purposes.

      Considerable use has been made of literature as historic evidence. Stories like those of the Knights of the Round Table often leave us with a clearer impression of the spirit of the times than any historic record. Many books of the kind are now easily accessible and could be read side by side with the text. Collections of pictures, such as the Bayeux Tapestry, published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Foucquet's Chroniques de France, offer valuable opportunities for some research on the child's part.

      F. L. BOWMAN.

      Homerton College

      December, 1918

      CONTENTS

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      CHAPTER I

      BEFORE THE COMING OF THE ROMANS

      The world is very old, and it has taken a long time to discover much of the ancient story of Britain. Scholars have found out many things because they are able now to read the signs on the rocks and under the soil. From the tools left behind, from the remains of dwellings and from treasures found in graves, we have learned about the ways of men in times before history was written down.

      Once, it seems, Britain was a hot land. Great forests grew up everywhere. Strange wild creatures roamed about, and there were monsters in the waters.

      Once, too, it was a very cold land, and the snow lay in the valleys and ice-glaciers came sliding down the mountains, making great river beds as they passed.

      As it grew warmer, the ice melted and disappeared. The ice fields left pools of water behind them, the lakes that you find in the country still. The rivers, too, brimming over, flowed swiftly to the sea. Mighty rivers they must have been, broader and deeper than they are now.

      When men came, they made their homes in the caves and in underground dwellings, and later they built mud huts. They hunted for their food, learned to weave clothes from the grasses, to make weapons from stone and to strike fire from the rocks. This is a very long story and we know little about it.

      Of the Britons who dwelt here, we know something from those who had heard of them and wrote about them. Round about their villages, they made wattle-fences to keep away their enemies and the wild beasts that came out of the forests in winter nights.

      They were shepherds and had many herds of sheep and cattle, and they grew a little corn. Sometimes, travellers from far-off lands came to visit them, to exchange their eastern coins for grain and skins.

      The Britons loved beautiful things. They made cunning designs on their shields and helmets and with dainty tracings they ornamented their pots and jugs. They wove linen in fine patterns and knew how to make dyes. They were fond of music and told stories to one another of dragons and heroes and the great dreams of men.

      When their chief died, they raised a mound over his grave; sometimes, too, great pillars of stone. They carried presents of corn and meat and fruit to put upon the grave, because they thought he might need them on his long journey. In some parts of the country, there are pillars of stone set up in circles. It is thought that perhaps the Britons used these as temples, praying and making their offerings under the sky, in sunshine and starshine.

      The Romans said that the Britons loved riding wild horses, which they had tamed, and they were so skilful that however fast they galloped, the rider could make the horse stand quite still at any moment. They sometimes rode in chariots and drove furiously. When

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