The Story of Cambidgeshire As Told By Itself
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The magnates had built castles, defensible, but very uncomfortable, which were large enough to house a retinue. The chief feature in the castle was the hall, a huge living-room where the retinue ate and slept, and where existence must have been very squalid. Even the humbler manor houses were laid out on the same principle, with a great living-room for the household. The country gentry of the Tudor and Stuart times, on the other hand, built beautiful houses, which had little in the way of defen...ces, and surrounded themselves with pictures and treasures.
In Cambridgeshire we have very little trace of the magnates who occupied one house after another in turn ; though the de Veres were possibly only tem- porary visitors at Castle Camps. The only great proprietor who seems to have been much on the move was the bishop. He had a castle at Wisbech, and a residence at Downham in the Isle, as well as at Balsham.
There is, however, in Pythagoras Hall, a remark- able and almost unique example of the thirteenth- 46 ROYAL CONTROL century manor house, and there are other houses which tell of proprietors who ceased to employ their tenants in agriculture and preferred to use their land for pasture- farming and for game.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The magnates had built castles, defensible, but very uncomfortable, which were large enough to house a retinue. The chief feature in the castle was the hall, a huge living-room where the retinue ate and slept, and where existence must have been very squalid. Even the humbler manor houses were laid out on the same principle, with a great living-room for the household. The country gentry of the Tudor and Stuart times, on the other hand, built beautiful houses, which had little in the way of defen...ces, and surrounded themselves with pictures and treasures.
In Cambridgeshire we have very little trace of the magnates who occupied one house after another in turn ; though the de Veres were possibly only tem- porary visitors at Castle Camps. The only great proprietor who seems to have been much on the move was the bishop. He had a castle at Wisbech, and a residence at Downham in the Isle, as well as at Balsham.
There is, however, in Pythagoras Hall, a remark- able and almost unique example of the thirteenth- 46 ROYAL CONTROL century manor house, and there are other houses which tell of proprietors who ceased to employ their tenants in agriculture and preferred to use their land for pasture- farming and for game.
What to read after The Story of Cambidgeshire As Told By Itself?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cunningham, W. (William), 1849-1919 to read onlineMoreLess
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