Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (January 2, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061149047
The year is 878, and Uhtred is returning home to Northumbria at the hands of the Three Spinners. Lords of the North is the third book in the Saxon Chronicles series (following The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman), and we […]
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Cellarer
[sel-er-er]
Etymology: Middle English celerer, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cellariarius, from Latin cellarium
Official of a monastery responsible for food supplies. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 243)
From the autobiography of Guibert de Nogent (d. 1124):
For they [the monks] all have their own separate cells round the cloister in which they work, sleep […]
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Within the past month, WoodlandsTV.co.uk posted a couple of videos on early medieval construction techniques. The first video, Anglo Saxon Dwelling, shows a reconstruction of an Anglo Saxon house by the East Sussex Archaeology and Museums Partnership. The second video, Early Medieval Timber Work, takes a look at early medieval wood working techniques as evidenced […]
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Pannage
1) Pasturage of pigs in woods; payment for that pasturage. (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 234)
2) Fee to allow pigs to feed on forest mast. (Gies, Frances and Joseph. Life in a Medieval Village, 245)
*terms retrieved from NetSERF’s Medieval Glossary (http://www.netserf.org/Glossary)
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on January 1st, 2010 | 6 Comments »
