The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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Page 11
... passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , ' though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius . " 1 Earle , Two Saxon Chronicles ...
... passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , ' though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius . " 1 Earle , Two Saxon Chronicles ...
Page 13
... passages are the solitary instances of fortifications in England mentioned by the Chronicle before the time of Alfred . The invasions of the Danes led at last to a great fortifying epoch , which preserved our country from being totally ...
... passages are the solitary instances of fortifications in England mentioned by the Chronicle before the time of Alfred . The invasions of the Danes led at last to a great fortifying epoch , which preserved our country from being totally ...
Page 18
... passages in the Anglo - Saxon laws . Thus Edmund speaks of mine burh as an asylum , the violation of which brings its special punishment ; and Ethelred II . ordains that every compurgation shall take place in thaes kyninges byrig ; and ...
... passages in the Anglo - Saxon laws . Thus Edmund speaks of mine burh as an asylum , the violation of which brings its special punishment ; and Ethelred II . ordains that every compurgation shall take place in thaes kyninges byrig ; and ...
Page 37
... passages from which the late Professor Maitland concluded that the boroughs planted by Ethelfleda and Edward were organised on a system of military defence , whereby the magnates in the country were bound to keep houses in the towns ...
... passages from which the late Professor Maitland concluded that the boroughs planted by Ethelfleda and Edward were organised on a system of military defence , whereby the magnates in the country were bound to keep houses in the towns ...
Page 73
... , 176. M. Enlart takes this to be the first recorded instance of a motte . But the passage is evidently corrupt , as the other accounts of this affair show that Count Odo's wooden 1 It was a tempting theory at one time to.
... , 176. M. Enlart takes this to be the first recorded instance of a motte . But the passage is evidently corrupt , as the other accounts of this affair show that Count Odo's wooden 1 It was a tempting theory at one time to.
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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