The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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Unfortunately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , 1 though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius .
Unfortunately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , 1 though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius .
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As the Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have been a Norman castle on this site , as we 3 ...
As the Norman earls of Chester established a ferry at Runcorn in the 12th century , and as a castle at Runcorn is spoken of in a mediæval document , it seems not impossible that there may have been a Norman castle on this site , as we 3 ...
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It was used in this sense at least as late as the end of the 12th century ; see , e.g. , Lamprecht's Alexanderlied , passim . It is clear by the context that Giesebrecht employs it in its ancient sense . 2 Ibid . , 222.
It was used in this sense at least as late as the end of the 12th century ; see , e.g. , Lamprecht's Alexanderlied , passim . It is clear by the context that Giesebrecht employs it in its ancient sense . 2 Ibid . , 222.
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Later , from the last quarter of the 9th century to the middle of the 12th century , these same words are used indifferently for a town or a castle , and it is impossible to tell , except by the context , whether a town or a castle is ...
Later , from the last quarter of the 9th century to the middle of the 12th century , these same words are used indifferently for a town or a castle , and it is impossible to tell , except by the context , whether a town or a castle is ...
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IN THE TENTH CENTURY straightly ordered that all who had made castles , forts , or hedge - works without his permission should forthwith be compelled to destroy them , because ... 12th centuries , we find the same contrast between them.
IN THE TENTH CENTURY straightly ordered that all who had made castles , forts , or hedge - works without his permission should forthwith be compelled to destroy them , because ... 12th centuries , we find the same contrast between them.
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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