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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... given by archæologists to read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and to make a closer study of the motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of ...
... given by archæologists to read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and to make a closer study of the motte - castles of Wales , Scotland , and Ireland . The book now offered is the fruit of ...
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... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architec- ture , and no list ...
... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architec- ture , and no list ...
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... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architecture , and no list has ...
... given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles . The Pipe Rolls have been too little used hitherto for the general history of castle architecture , and no list has ...
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Ella S. Armitage. Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred to raise again the fallen standard of Christendom and civilisation , and to establish an English kingdom on so sound a basis that when , in later centuries , it succes ...
Ella S. Armitage. Midlands and the North . It was given to Alfred to raise again the fallen standard of Christendom and civilisation , and to establish an English kingdom on so sound a basis that when , in later centuries , it succes ...
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... given to it . Some writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a ...
... given to it . Some writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a ...
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