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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... more difficult questions than does the architecture of churches . Those who are seriously working on castle architecture are very few in number , and are as yet little known to the world at large . From time to time , books on castles.
... more difficult questions than does the architecture of churches . Those who are seriously working on castle architecture are very few in number , and are as yet little known to the world at large . From time to time , books on castles.
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WHAT THESE FEATURES INDICATE 7 tions in England which are known or suspected to be Saxon have also these inner enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the ...
WHAT THESE FEATURES INDICATE 7 tions in England which are known or suspected to be Saxon have also these inner enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock which is the ...
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Finally , Florence of Worcester , one of the most careful of our early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who must have known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of ...
Finally , Florence of Worcester , one of the most careful of our early chroniclers , who lived when Anglo - Saxon was still a living language , and who must have known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of ...
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In the document known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence ...
In the document known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence ...
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As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military Architecture , ii . , 120 . 2 Essex Naturalist , January 1887 . has a double enclosure.1 Witham is not mentioned ...
As far as is at present known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military Architecture , ii . , 120 . 2 Essex Naturalist , January 1887 . has a double enclosure.1 Witham is not mentioned ...
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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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