The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... 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 the motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is ...
... 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 the motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is ...
Page x
... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architec- ture , and no list ...
... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architec- ture , and no list ...
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... Wright , History of Domestic Manners , p . 13 . 2 The Danish fortress of Nottingham is mentioned by the Chronicle in 868 , but we are speaking now of purely Anglo - Saxon fortresses . Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred.
... Wright , History of Domestic Manners , p . 13 . 2 The Danish fortress of Nottingham is mentioned by the Chronicle in 868 , but we are speaking now of purely Anglo - Saxon fortresses . Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred.
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Ella S. Armitage. Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred to raise again the fallen standard of Christendom and civilisation , and to establish an English kingdom on so sound a basis that when , in later centuries , it succes ...
Ella S. Armitage. Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred to raise again the fallen standard of Christendom and civilisation , and to establish an English kingdom on so sound a basis that when , in later centuries , it succes ...
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... given to it . Some writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a ...
... given to it . Some writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a ...
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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