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The Black Death and Building:The Black Death and Building:A Hampshire Case StudyA Hampshire Case Study
Richard HaddleseyRichard HaddleseyThe University of Winchester The University of Winchester
BackgroundBackground
researching late medieval timber frame buildings inHampshire (1200-1530)
concerned with structural techniques and their chrono-typologies
with an increased accuracy in dating methods, can theeffects of the Black Death be seen in English carpentry?
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dendrochronology is the most significant advance in datingbuildings´ [since c14]
(Morriss 2000)
The Black DeathThe Black Death
1348-50 in England
the population was cut by up to 50%
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ed to a rising middling class driven by a smaller workforceand increased wages
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mall, poorly built houses gave way to better built, larger ones that mimicked those of the
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ords
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pace was are rare commodity pre Black Death and townswere crowded and filthy with retail units on split levels
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