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![[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/tn/000-Front-Cover-q75-346x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, A Short History of the English People]")
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.
Title: A Short History of the English People
Published by: Macmillan
City: London
Date: 1902
Total items: 14
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin's Abbey, Angers]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0187-Remains-of-Cloisters-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin's Abbey, Angers]")
Arches of Cloister of S. Aubin’s Abbey, Angers
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 embedded in the buildings of the Preéfecture—above all a Romanesque arcade, fretted with tangled imagery and apocalyptic figures of the richest work of the [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: Durtal, Anjou.]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0190-durtal-q75-279x200.jpg "[picture: Durtal, Anjou.]")
![[picture: The Virgin and Child]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0395-The-Virgin-and-Child-q75-140x200.jpg "[picture: The Virgin and Child]")
![[picture: Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0400-Draughts-q75-267x200.jpg "[picture: Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,]")
Lady and Youth Playing Draughts,
A lady and a young man playing “draughts” from an early fourteenth century manuscript (MS. Roy. 2 B. vii).
It appears that two of the pieces differ from the others, leading me to suspect that this is not draughts as we know it. The youth is seated on the left, with his feet on a stool of some kind. He wears a long robe and a cape, but has a hint of a goatee. The lady is [more...] [$]
![[picture: John Wyclif]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/0453-Wyclif-q75-167x200.jpg "[picture: John Wyclif]")
![[picture: Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Green-ShortHistory/wm/big/121-wooden-church-greenstead-essex-q75-240x200.jpg "[picture: Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)]")
Wooden Church, Greenstead, Essex, A.D. 1013 (as it was in 1748)
This is said to be the oldest surviving wooden church in England, and is dedicated to Saint Andrew. It was built within 50 years of the Norman Conquest (before or after), probably in place of an older church in [...] [more...] [$]
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