The English CastleB. T. Batsford, Limited, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria and East Anglia had been swept away and Mercia and Wessex all but overcome . At last the rot was stayed by Alfred the Great , who built the first Saxon navy and beat the Danes in their own element , the ...
... Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria and East Anglia had been swept away and Mercia and Wessex all but overcome . At last the rot was stayed by Alfred the Great , who built the first Saxon navy and beat the Danes in their own element , the ...
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... Saxon earthworks are simply ancient sites re - fortified , and that as earthwork engineers the Saxons were practically negligible . ) The original defences of many of these early boroughs have disappeared with the growth of the towns ...
... Saxon earthworks are simply ancient sites re - fortified , and that as earthwork engineers the Saxons were practically negligible . ) The original defences of many of these early boroughs have disappeared with the growth of the towns ...
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... Saxon chronicler's notes on the year 1137 , two years after the death of Henry I : " and they filled the land full of castles . " They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle - works ; " and when the castles were made ...
... Saxon chronicler's notes on the year 1137 , two years after the death of Henry I : " and they filled the land full of castles . " They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle - works ; " and when the castles were made ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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