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  2. England in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...

  3. Medieval household - Wikipedia

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    The medieval household was, like modern households, the center of family life for all classes of European society. Yet in contrast to the household of today, it consisted of many more individuals than the nuclear family. From the household of the king to the humblest peasant dwelling, more or less distant relatives and varying numbers of ...

  4. England in the High Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Medieval England was a patriarchal society and the lives of women were heavily influenced by contemporary beliefs about gender and authority. [96] However, the position of women varied according to factors including their social class; whether they were unmarried, married, widowed or remarried; and in which part of the country they lived. [97]

  5. Paston Letters - Wikipedia

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    The discovery was a surprise, finding an unknown member of the "most researched family" of medieval England. [12] The discovery was made as part of the three-year Paston Footprints project, described as "an introduction and way in to the amazing hub of links, information, people and places which over six centuries have formed the web based on ...

  6. Category:Medieval English families - Wikipedia

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  7. ‘Bone biographies’ reveal what life was like for everyday ...

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    This week, read the “bone biographies” of medieval Cambridge, learn why chinstrap penguins take thousands of naps, peer inside a mysterious galactic cloud, and more.

  8. England in the Late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The history of England during the Late Middle Ages covers from the thirteenth century, the end of the Angevins, and the accession of Henry II – considered by many to mark the start of the Plantagenet dynasty – until the accession to the throne of the Tudor dynasty in 1485, which is often taken as the most convenient marker for the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the English ...

  9. Researchers spent five years studying bones from medieval Cambridge, England, to see what life was like for a cross section of the city’s survivors of the Black Death.