DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE SAXONS.

Saxon Architecture--Saxon Houses--Mead-hall, or Beer-hall--Saxon

Beds--Story of Vortigern and Rowena--Origin of the Wassail Cup and

the Loving Cup--Dinner in the Middle Ages--Peg Tankards and

Drinking Horns--Mazer Bowls--The Hanap--Saxon

Metal-working--Alfred's Jewel, and Ethelwulf's Ring--Saxon

Coins--Glass-making--Saxon Cloths and

Dyeing--Embroidery--Iron-smelting--Alfred's Inventions--Travelling

in the Saxon Times--Sussex Roads--Stirrups, Spurs, and Bridles

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