The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJohn Murray, 1912 - 408 pages Some 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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... BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW . M. THE Castle of SLANE N. THE WORD " DONJON " O. THE ARRANGEMENTS IN EARLY KEEPS . P ...
... BURGHAL HIDAGE F. THELWALL G. THE WORD " BRETASCHE " H. THE WORD " HURDICIUM " I. THE WORD " HERICIO " K. THE CASTLE OF YALE L. THE CASTLE OF TULLOW . M. THE Castle of SLANE N. THE WORD " DONJON " O. THE ARRANGEMENTS IN EARLY KEEPS . P ...
Page 28
... Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence of Wessex against the Danish ...
... Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence of Wessex against the Danish ...
Page 98
... Burghal Hidage . " But even accepting that the description in Domesday refers to the town , we can have very little doubt that the original earthen castle was reared by Roger de Montgomeri , to whom William I. gave the Rapes of Arundel ...
... Burghal Hidage . " But even accepting that the description in Domesday refers to the town , we can have very little doubt that the original earthen castle was reared by Roger de Montgomeri , to whom William I. gave the Rapes of Arundel ...
Page 112
... Burghal Hidage , the very place which we should expect to find occupied by a Norman castle . This writer speaks of the castle as belonging to Ivo de 1 Calculated from the measurements given by William of Worcester . Itin . , p . 260 ...
... Burghal Hidage , the very place which we should expect to find occupied by a Norman castle . This writer speaks of the castle as belonging to Ivo de 1 Calculated from the measurements given by William of Worcester . Itin . , p . 260 ...
Page 135
... Burghal Hidage , and we do not hear of any sieges of it by the Danes . Nor is it likely . that the Saxons would have had a fortress at Corfe , when they had a fortified town so near as Wareham . * 1 Eyton , Key to Domesday , p . 43 ...
... Burghal Hidage , and we do not hear of any sieges of it by the Danes . Nor is it likely . that the Saxons would have had a fortress at Corfe , when they had a fortified town so near as Wareham . * 1 Eyton , Key to Domesday , p . 43 ...
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