Project Gutenberg 2014-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 50 Hall, H. R. Wilton 20022714 Social Life in England Through the Centuries Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chris Curnow, Mary Akers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Social Life in England Through the Centuries" by H. R. Wilton Hall is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the evolution of social life in England from prehistoric times to the Norman Conquest, aiming to illuminate the diverse factors that contributed to the development of towns and villages. The author seeks to engage readers by encouraging an appreciation for local history and its significance in understanding the broader narrative of the nation. At the start of the book, the author poses a thought-provoking question through the lens of a child from Canada wondering about the congregation of houses in a settlement. This question serves as a springboard for the narrative, which delves into the reasoning behind the locations of towns and villages across England, tracing their histories through different eras. The opening chapters examine early human habitation and social organization, including cave dwellers and pit-dwellers, illustrating the gradual advancements in lifestyle and settlement patterns. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding these historical layers as a means to comprehend the current social fabric of England. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44894/44894-h/images/cover.jpg en England -- Social life and customs DA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British 405541 405724 2024-10-18T19:27:49.011071 2023-09-19T14:18:42.137924 text/html text/html 402124 2014-02-13T11:54:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4793691 2014-02-13T11:54:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5299746 2024-10-18T19:27:57.061955 application/epub+zip 5305421 2024-10-18T19:27:50.819972 application/epub+zip 212126 2024-10-18T19:27:49.851993 application/epub+zip 5443361 2024-10-18T19:28:01.778974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5374803 2024-10-18T19:27:56.042964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293782 2022-09-20T13:41:01.825803 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338115 338019 2024-10-18T19:27:47.788006 2023-09-19T14:18:40.870926 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 337933 2014-02-13T11:54:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 121408 2014-02-13T11:54:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 337930 2014-02-13T11:54:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 121369 2014-02-13T11:54:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20874 2024-10-18T19:28:01.922983 application/rdf+xml 20912 2024-10-18T19:27:49.963008 image/jpeg 2824 2024-10-18T19:27:49.907978 image/jpeg 4802288 2024-10-18T19:27:49.279032 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog