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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Page vii
... 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 . 284332 The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present vii PREFACE.
... 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 . 284332 The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present vii PREFACE.
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Ella S. Armitage. 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 . In Chapter V. an effort is made to trace the ...
Ella S. Armitage. 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 . In Chapter V. an effort is made to trace the ...
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... presents much 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 ...
... presents much 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 ...
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... presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to find in the earliest times in these islands . It has a citadel of a most pronounced type . This alone differentiates it from the prehistoric or Keltic camps which are ...
... presents a peculiar development of plan , such as we do not expect to find in the earliest times in these islands . It has a citadel of a most pronounced type . This alone differentiates it from the prehistoric or Keltic camps which are ...
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... present Oxfordshire and Middlesex , but part of Herts , 1 Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , 878 , 893 , 896. According to Henry of Huntingdon , the work on the Lea was the splitting of that river into two channels ; but I am informed that no ...
... present Oxfordshire and Middlesex , but part of Herts , 1 Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , 878 , 893 , 896. According to Henry of Huntingdon , the work on the Lea was the splitting of that river into two channels ; but I am informed that no ...
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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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