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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Unfortunately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , 1 though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius .
Unfortunately this celebrated passage is merely the interpolation of a 12th - century scribe , and is consequently of no authority whatever , 1 though there is nothing improbable in the statement , and it is supported by Nennius .
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... by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of fortifications in England mentioned by the Chronicle before the time of Alfred.2 The invasions of the ...
... by the Danes in 867 shows that the Roman walls of that city were still preserved . These passages are the solitary instances of fortifications in England mentioned by the Chronicle before the time of Alfred.2 The invasions of the ...
Page 18
We may concede that the original meaning of an enclosure was never entirely lost , and that it appears to be preserved in a few passages in the Anglo - Saxon laws . Thus Edmund speaks of mine burh as an asylum , the violation of which ...
We may concede that the original meaning of an enclosure was never entirely lost , and that it appears to be preserved in a few passages in the Anglo - Saxon laws . Thus Edmund speaks of mine burh as an asylum , the violation of which ...
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This is one of the passages 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 ...
This is one of the passages 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 ...
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... et turrim ligneam miræ altitudinis super domgionem ipsius castri erexit . " Bouquet , x . , 176. M. Enlart takes this to be the first recorded instance of a motte . But the passage is evidently corrupt , as the other accounts of ...
... et turrim ligneam miræ altitudinis super domgionem ipsius castri erexit . " Bouquet , x . , 176. M. Enlart takes this to be the first recorded instance of a motte . But the passage is evidently corrupt , as the other accounts of ...
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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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