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Pictures from “A Short History of the English People” by J. R. Green M.A., Macmillan, 1902. This book was first published in 1874, and was very successful. I have the illustrated edition, which was edited posthumously by his widow; this is a reissue of the 1892 edition as far as I can tell from the Impressions page. John Richard Green was an English historian (1837 – 1883). I also have England by the same author.

Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,

A Short History of the English People (1902)

A lady and a young man playing “draughts” from an early fourteenth century manuscript (MS. Roy. 2 B. vii). It appears that two of the pieces differ from the others, leading me to suspect that this is [...]

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Added: 2006-08-31

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Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin’s Abbey, Angers

A Short History of the English People (1902)

The Abbey of S. Aubin, founded in Merovingian times, seems to have been rebuilt by Geoffrey Greygown and Fulk the Black. “Only one huge tower remains, but fragments of it are still to be seen embedde [...]

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Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-07

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