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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Page 22
... Normandy . Who among Saxon nobles was more likely to possess a castle than the powerful Earl Godwin , and his independent sons ? Yet when Godwin left the court of Edward the Confessor , because he would not obey the king's order to ...
... Normandy . Who among Saxon nobles was more likely to possess a castle than the powerful Earl Godwin , and his independent sons ? Yet when Godwin left the court of Edward the Confessor , because he would not obey the king's order to ...
Page 24
... Normandy itself . William of Jumièges distinctly makes the building of castles to have been one of the main signs and causes of the general disorder of the days of William's minority , and he seems to speak of the practice as something ...
... Normandy itself . William of Jumièges distinctly makes the building of castles to have been one of the main signs and causes of the general disorder of the days of William's minority , and he seems to speak of the practice as something ...
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... Normandy being on feudal lines , they only reluctantly accepted the feudal yoke , and not till the next century . Normannerne , i . , 305 , 310. It is not till the 11th century that feudal castles become general in Normandy . 4 The ...
... Normandy being on feudal lines , they only reluctantly accepted the feudal yoke , and not till the next century . Normannerne , i . , 305 , 310. It is not till the 11th century that feudal castles become general in Normandy . 4 The ...
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... Normandy , ii . , 880 . 4 The word motte or mota does not occur in any contemporary chronicle , as far as is known to the writer , before the 12th century ; nor is the word dangio to be found in any writer earlier than Ordericus . But ...
... Normandy , ii . , 880 . 4 The word motte or mota does not occur in any contemporary chronicle , as far as is known to the writer , before the 12th century ; nor is the word dangio to be found in any writer earlier than Ordericus . But ...
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... - fessor Skeat and the New English Dictionary derive the word donjon or dungeon from Low Lat . domnionem , acc . of domnio , thus connecting it with dominus , as the seignorial residence . 4 England and Normandy , ii . , 535 .
... - fessor Skeat and the New English Dictionary derive the word donjon or dungeon from Low Lat . domnionem , acc . of domnio , thus connecting it with dominus , as the seignorial residence . 4 England and Normandy , ii . , 535 .
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