The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... king , and were defended until they were forced by the king's avengers . Here it seems to be doubtful whether the burh was a town or a private enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of ...
... king , and were defended until they were forced by the king's avengers . Here it seems to be doubtful whether the burh was a town or a private enclosure resembling a stable - yard of modern times . The description of the storming of ...
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... King Alfred and his children and grandchildren were amongst the most important of the many factors which have helped to build up the great empire of Britain . We are concerned here with only one of the measures by which Alfred and his ...
... King Alfred and his children and grandchildren were amongst the most important of the many factors which have helped to build up the great empire of Britain . We are concerned here with only one of the measures by which Alfred and his ...
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... 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 of Eastern Mercia which was still in ...
... 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 of Eastern Mercia which was still in ...
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... king's order to punish the men of Dover for insulting Count Eustace of Boulogne , we do not hear that he retired to his castle , or that his sons fortified their castles against the king ; we only hear that they met together at ...
... king's order to punish the men of Dover for insulting Count Eustace of Boulogne , we do not hear that he retired to his castle , or that his sons fortified their castles against the king ; we only hear that they met together at ...
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... king , William Rufus . The first thing told us is that each of the head conspirators " went to his castle , and ... king's cause wins the day through the taking of the castles of Tonbridge , Pevensey , Rochester , and Durham . If we ...
... king , William Rufus . The first thing told us is that each of the head conspirators " went to his castle , and ... king's cause wins the day through the taking of the castles of Tonbridge , Pevensey , Rochester , and Durham . If we ...
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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