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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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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Ethelred , Alfred's son - in - law , built the burh at Worcester in Alfred's lifetime , as a most interesting charter tells us.3 It may be safely assumed , then , that when Edward came to the throne he found Wessex well provided with ...
Ethelred , Alfred's son - in - law , built the burh at Worcester in Alfred's lifetime , as a most interesting charter tells us.3 It may be safely assumed , then , that when Edward came to the throne he found Wessex well provided with ...
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Up to this date we find Edward disposing of the fyrd of Mercia ; 2 this is not mentioned again in Ethelfleda's lifetime . Nothing is clearer , both from the Chronicle and from Florence , than that the brother and sister each " did their ...
Up to this date we find Edward disposing of the fyrd of Mercia ; 2 this is not mentioned again in Ethelfleda's lifetime . Nothing is clearer , both from the Chronicle and from Florence , than that the brother and sister each " did their ...
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The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle has three words for fortifications , burh , faesten , and geweorc . Burh is always used for those of Edward and Ethelfleda , faesten ( fastness ) or geweorc ( work ) for those of the Danes .
The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle has three words for fortifications , burh , faesten , and geweorc . Burh is always used for those of Edward and Ethelfleda , faesten ( fastness ) or geweorc ( work ) for those of the Danes .
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... and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great wrong to the memory of the children of Alfred in supposing them capable of ...
... and elsewhere were the work of Ethelfleda , and that other mounds were the work of Edward the Elder . It did not occur to them that they were doing a great wrong to the memory of the children of Alfred in supposing them capable of ...
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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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