. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . tle absolute desti-tution, but plenty of hard work, frugal fare, and absence ofliberty. The domestic architecture was simple; the houses were builtof wood and thatched with rushes or with straw. Even inthe early days, when many handsome Roman houses andbuildings existed intact and untenanted, the Saxons rarelyoccupied them, apparently not knowing how to utilize them,or how to live in them. In I^incoln evidence exists which 1 Immorality hardly expresses the position, since it suggests a breachof conventional morality, and in the early years
. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . tle absolute desti-tution, but plenty of hard work, frugal fare, and absence ofliberty. The domestic architecture was simple; the houses were builtof wood and thatched with rushes or with straw. Even inthe early days, when many handsome Roman houses andbuildings existed intact and untenanted, the Saxons rarelyoccupied them, apparently not knowing how to utilize them,or how to live in them. In I^incoln evidence exists which 1 Immorality hardly expresses the position, since it suggests a breachof conventional morality, and in the early years of Saxon England there wasno conventional morality. HISTORY OF ENGLAND proves that buildings were allowed to rot away and fall fromdisuse scores of years, perhaps centuries, after the Romano-Britons had been driven from them. The houses, being built of wood, were in many cases farfrom wind-proof, especially as the Saxons seem to have beenindifferent carpenters. Even King Alfred had to resortto lanterns in order to prevent his candles being blown out. REsroENCE OF A Saxon Nobi,emanFrom a manuscript by the wind. To remedy the faulty construction of the wallsand keep the wind out hangings were largely used. InWynflaeds will wall-hangings and bed-hangings are referredto several times, and we know from other sources that con-siderable attention was paid to the weaving and designingof tapestries, wall-hangings, and curtains. In another direction the Saxons were distinctly all things appertaining to the table they appear to havespared no expense. As Sharon Turner has told us, theirtables were sometimes very elaborate, being occasionally158
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