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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It was built without doubt on the same lofty insulated rock where the castle now stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up ...
It was built without doubt on the same lofty insulated rock where the castle now stands ; for when it was attacked by Penda in 633 , he found the situation so strong that it was impossible to storm it , and it was only by heaping up ...
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3 ladies ' bower , the chapel and other buildings dependent on the hall , were enclosed in a stockade , and had gates which without doubt were closed at night . ' This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the ...
3 ladies ' bower , the chapel and other buildings dependent on the hall , were enclosed in a stockade , and had gates which without doubt were closed at night . ' This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the ...
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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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In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum .
In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum .
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This mound was far more probably the site of the siege castle ( no doubt of wood ) which was erected by Henry I. when he besieged the city.3 2 TAMWORTH was an ancient city of the Mercian kings , and therefore may have been fortified ...
This mound was far more probably the site of the siege castle ( no doubt of wood ) which was erected by Henry I. when he besieged the city.3 2 TAMWORTH was an ancient city of the Mercian kings , and therefore may have been fortified ...
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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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