The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... seem a waste of labour to devote a whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archæ- ologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals with it in ...
... seem a waste of labour to devote a whole book to the establishment of a proposition which is now generally adopted by the best English archæ- ologists ; but the subject is an important one , and there is no book which deals with it in ...
Page 9
... seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places . There are some very few ...
... seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places . There are some very few ...
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... seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town of Bamborough arose in the levels below . Although 4 acres ...
... seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town of Bamborough arose in the levels below . Although 4 acres ...
Page 13
... seems to show that these British towns had some kind of fortification . The three chesters , which were taken by the Saxons in 577 , Gloucester , Cirencester , and Bath , prove that some Roman cities still kept their defences . In 755 ...
... seems to show that these British towns had some kind of fortification . The three chesters , which were taken by the Saxons in 577 , Gloucester , Cirencester , and Bath , prove that some Roman cities still kept their defences . In 755 ...
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... seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which enabled her to rule English Mercia in ...
... seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which enabled her to rule English Mercia in ...
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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