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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... burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . 5 19 It would not have been necessary to spend so much time on the history of the word burh if this unfortunate word had not been made the ...
... burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . 5 19 It would not have been necessary to spend so much time on the history of the word burh if this unfortunate word had not been made the ...
Page 24
... this , Mr Freeman should have fallen under the influence of Mr Clark's burh theory , and should completely have confused castles and boroughs . 1 • CASTELLUM AND BURGUS 25 historians , who were familiar with 24 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... this , Mr Freeman should have fallen under the influence of Mr Clark's burh theory , and should completely have confused castles and boroughs . 1 • CASTELLUM AND BURGUS 25 historians , who were familiar with 24 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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... burgus , and he shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's work when he 198 says that that at Buckingham Edward " fecit vallum ex utraque parte aquć " -where vallum is a translation of burh . The difference between a burh and a castle ...
... burgus , and he shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's work when he 198 says that that at Buckingham Edward " fecit vallum ex utraque parte aquć " -where vallum is a translation of burh . The difference between a burh and a castle ...
Page 53
... burgus in Domesday , which shows that it possessed fortifications of the civic kind ; and we shall see later on , that such fortifications were often the work of the Danes . But this burgus may more probably have been the work of Roger ...
... burgus in Domesday , which shows that it possessed fortifications of the civic kind ; and we shall see later on , that such fortifications were often the work of the Danes . But this burgus may more probably have been the work of Roger ...
Page 85
... burgus or borough , which inevitably sprang up round every castle which had a lengthened existence . Our older antiquaries , finding that the word burgenses was commonly used in Domesday in connection . 1 Thus Henry I. erected a siege ...
... burgus or borough , which inevitably sprang up round every castle which had a lengthened existence . Our older antiquaries , finding that the word burgenses was commonly used in Domesday in connection . 1 Thus Henry I. erected a siege ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch B.
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