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Legal name: Bennett, Henry Stanley
Birthdate: 1889-01-15
Date of death: 1972
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Occupations: literary historian
Relationships: Bennett, Joan Frankau (wife)

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The Pastons and Their England (Cambridge Studies in… by H. S. Bennett

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

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AzureMountain | 1 other review | Aug 16, 2010 |

Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant… by H. S. Bennett

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

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SGSLibrary | Sep 7, 2010 |

The Pastons and Their England: Studies in an age of… 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

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SGSLibrary | 1 other review | Aug 26, 2010 |

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