The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... building by the invading Saxons . Until we come to the time of Alfred , there is hardly an allusion to any fortification in use in Saxon times . * It 1 Bede , H. E. , iii . , 16 . 2 See Bede , as above , and Symeon , ii . , 45 ( R.S. ) ...
... building by the invading Saxons . Until we come to the time of Alfred , there is hardly an allusion to any fortification in use in Saxon times . * It 1 Bede , H. E. , iii . , 16 . 2 See Bede , as above , and Symeon , ii . , 45 ( R.S. ) ...
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... build up the great empire of Britain . We are concerned here with only one of the measures by which Alfred and his ... building of a work ( geweorc ) at Athelney , 1 Asser , ch . 91 , Stevenson's edition . 3 2 " That same year King ...
... build up the great empire of Britain . We are concerned here with only one of the measures by which Alfred and his ... building of a work ( geweorc ) at Athelney , 1 Asser , ch . 91 , Stevenson's edition . 3 2 " That same year King ...
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... building strongholds at every fresh step of their advance , they were only carrying out the policy of their father . At the time of Alfred's death , and the succession of Edward the Elder to the crown ( 901 ) , Ethelfleda , daughter of ...
... building strongholds at every fresh step of their advance , they were only carrying out the policy of their father . At the time of Alfred's death , and the succession of Edward the Elder to the crown ( 901 ) , Ethelfleda , daughter of ...
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Ella S. Armitage. 8 ladies ' bower , the chapel and other buildings dependent on the hall , were enclosed in a stockade ... build for his lord , and to hedge his burh . * But it is absolutely clear that even in these cases a burh was an ...
Ella S. Armitage. 8 ladies ' bower , the chapel and other buildings dependent on the hall , were enclosed in a stockade ... build for his lord , and to hedge his burh . * But it is absolutely clear that even in these cases a burh was an ...
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... building these little earthen and timber castles for their personal defence and that of their nobles , and leaving the mass of their people at the mercy of the Danes . Far other was the thought of Ethelfleda , when 1 Published in 1884 ...
... building these little earthen and timber castles for their personal defence and that of their nobles , and leaving the mass of their people at the mercy of the Danes . Far other was the thought of Ethelfleda , when 1 Published in 1884 ...
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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