The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and to make a closer study of ...
... appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and to make a closer study of ...
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... appear to have been made for the purpose of separating the cattle from the people , rather than as ultimate retreats in time of war . The early German camps , according to Köhler , have inner enclosures which he thinks were intended for ...
... appear to have been made for the purpose of separating the cattle from the people , rather than as ultimate retreats in time of war . The early German camps , according to Köhler , have inner enclosures which he thinks were intended for ...
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... appears to us too vague . in origin , it appropriately describes a thing when first introduced here . Some writers advocate the As the word motte is French which was very un - English 2 At York , a prehistoric crouching skeleton was ...
... appears to us too vague . in origin , it appropriately describes a thing when first introduced here . Some writers advocate the As the word motte is French which was very un - English 2 At York , a prehistoric crouching skeleton was ...
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... appears to us to be very conclusive . But before we deal with it , we will try to find out what sort of fortifications the Anglo - Saxons actually did construct . The first fortification which we read of in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle is ...
... appears to us to be very conclusive . But before we deal with it , we will try to find out what sort of fortifications the Anglo - Saxons actually did construct . The first fortification which we read of in the Anglo- Saxon Chronicle is ...
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... appears to have been a sort of under- king of that province . On the death of Ethelred in 912 , " Edward took possession of London and Oxford and " of all the lands which owed obedience thereto " in other words , of that small portion ...
... appears to have been a sort of under- king of that province . On the death of Ethelred in 912 , " Edward took possession of London and Oxford and " of all the lands which owed obedience thereto " in other words , of that small portion ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer