The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page vii
... important is the catalogue raisonné of early Norman castles in England which will be found in Chapter VII . , and which was originally published in the English Historical Review ( vol . xix . , 1904 ) . It has , however , been enlarged ...
... important is the catalogue raisonné of early Norman castles in England which will be found in Chapter VII . , and which was originally published in the English Historical Review ( vol . xix . , 1904 ) . It has , however , been enlarged ...
Page ix
... important one , and there is no book which deals with it in detail , and in the light of the evidence which has recently been accumulated . The writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only ...
... important one , and there is no book which deals with it in detail , and in the light of the evidence which has recently been accumulated . The writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only ...
Page x
... on Scottish mottes ; to Mr Charles Dawson , F.S.A. , for granting the use of his admirable photographs from the Bayeux Tapestry ; to Mr Cooper , author of the PREFACE xi History of York Castle , for important facts Χ PREFACE.
... on Scottish mottes ; to Mr Charles Dawson , F.S.A. , for granting the use of his admirable photographs from the Bayeux Tapestry ; to Mr Cooper , author of the PREFACE xi History of York Castle , for important facts Χ PREFACE.
Page xi
Ella S. Armitage. PREFACE xi History of York Castle , for important facts and docu- ments relating to his subject ; to the Rev. Herbert White , M.A. , and to Mr Basil Stally brass , for reports of visits to castles ; and to ...
Ella S. Armitage. PREFACE xi History of York Castle , for important facts and docu- ments relating to his subject ; to the Rev. Herbert White , M.A. , and to Mr Basil Stally brass , for reports of visits to castles ; and to ...
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... important chapter of prehistoric archæology . General Pitt - Rivers applied the lessons . he had thus learned to the excavation of camps and dykes , and his labours opened a new era in that branch of research . By accumulating an ...
... important chapter of prehistoric archæology . General Pitt - Rivers applied the lessons . he had thus learned to the excavation of camps and dykes , and his labours opened a new era in that branch of research . By accumulating an ...
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