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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... CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " 381 382 382 383 • 385 385 386 • 387 388 388 389 • 390 390 391 392 392 • 393 393 SCHEDULE OF ENGLISH CASTLES FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 396 INDEX 401 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...
... CALLED SHELL KEEP S. PROFESSOR LLOYD'S " HISTORY OF WALES " 381 382 382 383 • 385 385 386 • 387 388 388 389 • 390 390 391 392 392 • 393 393 SCHEDULE OF ENGLISH CASTLES FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 396 INDEX 401 FIG . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...
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... 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 . Bede , in the earliest times of our history , equated burh ...
... 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 . Bede , in the earliest times of our history , equated burh ...
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... called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . 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 ...
... called a burgus , that is a fortified town , and that our word borough is lawfully descended from it . 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 ...
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... called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles . It is one of the most extraordinary and inex- plicable things in the history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon ...
... called a burh . In other words , he maintained that the burhs were Saxon castles . It is one of the most extraordinary and inex- plicable things in the history of English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon ...
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... , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English History , 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural 81 ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS CONTINUED.
... , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English History , 1 The tower called Cæsar's Tower is really a mural 81 ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS CONTINUED.
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