The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... KEEPS . P. KEEPS AS RESIDENCES · Q. CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I. R. THE SO - CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " 381 382 • 382 383 • 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 · 390 • 390 391 · 392 392 393 393 Schedule of English ...
... KEEPS . P. KEEPS AS RESIDENCES · Q. CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I. R. THE SO - CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " 381 382 • 382 383 • 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 · 390 • 390 391 · 392 392 393 393 Schedule of English ...
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... keep in Laon before 931 ; and this appears to have been a different tower to the one attached to the royal house which Louis d'Outremer had built at the gate of the city . ' We hear also of towers at Amiens ( 950 ) , Coucy ( 958 ) ...
... keep in Laon before 931 ; and this appears to have been a different tower to the one attached to the royal house which Louis d'Outremer had built at the gate of the city . ' We hear also of towers at Amiens ( 950 ) , Coucy ( 958 ) ...
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... keep , so that they are under his own hand ; and the keys of the outer ward are brought to him every night , and ... keeps of Chartres , tower was a siege engine , employed to attack Fulk's castle , and afterwards burnt by the besieged ...
... keep , so that they are under his own hand ; and the keys of the outer ward are brought to him every night , and ... keeps of Chartres , tower was a siege engine , employed to attack Fulk's castle , and afterwards burnt by the besieged ...
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... keep at Langeais ; but the devastations of the Northmen had decimated the population of Gaul ; labour must have been dear , and skilled masons hard to find . In these social and economic reasons we have sufficient cause for the rapid ...
... keep at Langeais ; but the devastations of the Northmen had decimated the population of Gaul ; labour must have been dear , and skilled masons hard to find . In these social and economic reasons we have sufficient cause for the rapid ...
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... keep could not be placed on loose soil . The motte , therefore , must always represent the oldest castle . But there is no reason to think that the motte and its wooden keep were merely temporary expedients , intended always to be ...
... keep could not be placed on loose soil . The motte , therefore , must always represent the oldest castle . But there is no reason to think that the motte and its wooden keep were merely temporary expedients , intended always to be ...
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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