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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P. KEEPS AS RESIDENCES Q. CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I. R. THE SO - CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " • • • • • · · • · · . • · • · • · · PAGE 302 323 351 381 382 382 383 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 390 390 391 392 ...
P. KEEPS AS RESIDENCES Q. CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I. R. THE SO - CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " • • • • • · · • · · . • · • · • · · PAGE 302 323 351 381 382 382 383 385 385 386 387 388 388 389 390 390 391 392 ...
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... because the fortified towns , the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become less and less important , the franchise has become of supreme importance .
... because the fortified towns , the only ones which were called burhs or burgi , were the first to be enfranchised , and while the fortifications have become less and less important , the franchise has become of supreme importance .
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This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the innumerable place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites ...
This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the innumerable place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites ...
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His authority alone is sufficient to settle this question , and we need no longer have any doubt that a burh was the same thing which in medieval Latin is called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is ...
His authority alone is sufficient to settle this question , and we need no longer have any doubt that a burh was the same thing which in medieval Latin is called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is ...
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Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class ( e ) , which we have described in our first chapter , was what the Anglo - Saxons called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles .
Medieval Military Architecture1 that the moated mound of class ( e ) , which we have described in our first chapter , was what the Anglo - Saxons called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles .
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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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