Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
Power of the Church--Ecclesiastical Legislation--Rapacity of the Papacy--Resistance of the Clergy--The Bull "Clericis Laicos"--Contests between the Civil and Ecclesiastical Power--The Scottish Church--Literature, Science and Art--State of Learning--The Nominalists and Realists--Medicine--The Universities--Men of Learning and Science--Roger Bacon and his Contemporaries--Historians--Growth of the English Language--Poetry--Architecture--The Early Decorated Style and its Characteristics--Domestic Buildings--Sculpture and Painting--Music--Commerce, Coinage, and Shipping--Manners, Customs, Dress, and Diversions 486