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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There is an almost utter lack of tangible monuments of our national heroes ; and therefore people who justly esteemed the labours of Alfred and his house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick ...
There is an almost utter lack of tangible monuments of our national heroes ; and therefore people who justly esteemed the labours of Alfred and his house were pleased when they were told that the mounds at Tamworth , Warwick ...
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Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 2 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge ...
Domesday Book , after mentioning that the king's barons have 112 houses in the borough , and the abbot of Coventry 36 , goes on to say that these houses belong to the lands which the 2 1 These buildings formed part of a hunting lodge ...
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... from which the late Professor Maitland concluded that the boroughs planted by Ethelfleda and Edward were organised on a system of military defence , whereby the magnates in the country were bound to keep houses in the towns .
... from which the late Professor Maitland concluded that the boroughs planted by Ethelfleda and Edward were organised on a system of military defence , whereby the magnates in the country were bound to keep houses in the towns .
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In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . HERTFORD AND WITHAM constantly find such small fortifications placed to 38 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
In 1368 , John Hank received the surrender of a house near to the castle in Runcorn . HERTFORD AND WITHAM constantly find such small fortifications placed to 38 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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1 The Irish chronicle called The Wars of the Gaedhil and the Gaill says , further , that Norse soldiers were quartered in the country round these towns in the houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house ...
1 The Irish chronicle called The Wars of the Gaedhil and the Gaill says , further , that Norse soldiers were quartered in the country round these towns in the houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house ...
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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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