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Legal name: Bennett, Henry Stanley
Other names: Bennett, Stanley
Birthdate: 1889-01-15
Date of death: 1972
Gender: male
Education: St Mark's College, Chelsea
University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College)
Occupations: literary historian
Awards and honors: Cambridge University (Sandars Reader in Bibliography|1951)
Relationships: Bennett, Joan Frankau (wife)
Nationality: UK
Associated Place (for map): UK

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AzureMountain 84 reviews

The Pastons and Their England (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series) by H. S. Bennett

Fell into reading this account of the life of the Paston family like it was a novel.

Aug 16, 20101 other review

SGSLibrary 582 reviews

Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400 by H. S. Bennett

GB/UK/ENGL/England - Social life and customs - 1152-1400/Peasantry - England/England - History

Sep 7, 2010

SGSLibrary 582 reviews

The Pastons and Their England: Studies in an age of transition by H. S. Bennett

GB/UK/ENGL/England - Social life and customs - 1066-1485/Great Britain - History - Lancaster and York, 1399-1485/Great Britain - History - Henry VII, 1485-1509/Paston

Aug 26, 20101 other review