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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The first fortification which we read of in the AngloSaxon Chronicle is that of Bamborough , in Northumberland . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle tells us that in 547 Ida began to reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh ...
The first fortification which we read of in the AngloSaxon Chronicle is that of Bamborough , in Northumberland . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle tells us that in 547 Ida began to reign in Northumberland , and adds that he built " Bebbanburh ...
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In 755 the slaughter of Cynewulf , king of the West Saxons , by the etheling Cyneard , is told with unusual detail by the Chronicle . The king was slain in a bur ( bower , or isolated women's chamber 1 ) , the door of which he attempted ...
In 755 the slaughter of Cynewulf , king of the West Saxons , by the etheling Cyneard , is told with unusual detail by the Chronicle . The king was slain in a bur ( bower , or isolated women's chamber 1 ) , the door of which he attempted ...
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From the pages of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle we might be led to think that Alfred's son and daughter , Edward and Ethelfleda , were the chief builders of fortifications . But there is ample evidence that they only carried out a ...
From the pages of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle we might be led to think that Alfred's son and daughter , Edward and Ethelfleda , were the chief builders of fortifications . But there is ample evidence that they only carried out a ...
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... thereto "in other words , of that small portion of Eastern Mercia which was still in English hands ; that is , not only the present Oxfordshire and Middlesex , but part of Herts , 1 Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , 878 , 893 , 896.
... thereto "in other words , of that small portion of Eastern Mercia which was still in English hands ; that is , not only the present Oxfordshire and Middlesex , but part of Herts , 1 Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , 878 , 893 , 896.
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Nothing is clearer , both from the Chronicle and from Florence , than that the brother and sister each " did their own , " to use an expressive provincial phrase . Ethelfleda goes her own way , subduing Western Mercia , while Edward ...
Nothing is clearer , both from the Chronicle and from Florence , than that the brother and sister each " did their own , " to use an expressive provincial phrase . Ethelfleda goes her own way , subduing Western Mercia , while Edward ...
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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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