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 king was slain in a bur ( bower , or isolated women's chamber 1 ) , the door of which he attempted to defend ; but this bur was itself enclosed in a burh , the gates of which were locked by the etheling who had killed the king ...
The king was slain in a bur ( bower , or isolated women's chamber 1 ) , the door of which he attempted to defend ; but this bur was itself enclosed in a burh , the gates of which were locked by the etheling who had killed the king ...
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2 " That same year King Alfred repaired London ; and all the English submitted to him , except those who were under the bondage of the Danish men ; and then he committed the city ( burh ) to the keeping of Ethelred the ealdorman .
2 " That same year King Alfred repaired London ; and all the English submitted to him , except those who were under the bondage of the Danish men ; and then he committed the city ( burh ) to the keeping of Ethelred the ealdorman .
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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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Now what was the nature of these fortifications , which the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle uniformly calls burhs ? 1 See Appendix B. 2 A.-S. C. , 910 , 911 . THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH There is really not the 16 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
Now what was the nature of these fortifications , which the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle uniformly calls burhs ? 1 See Appendix B. 2 A.-S. C. , 910 , 911 . THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH There is really not the 16 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH There is really not the slightest difficulty in answering this question . ... the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become less ...
THE WORD BURH OR BOROUGH There is really not the slightest difficulty in answering this question . ... the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become less ...
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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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