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 viii
... private castle in European history . The private castle is an institution which is often carelessly supposed to have existed from time immemorial . The writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system ...
... private castle in European history . The private castle is an institution which is often carelessly supposed to have existed from time immemorial . The writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system ...
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... castles , in the usual sense of the word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in ...
... castles , in the usual sense of the word ; that is , the private fortified residences of great landowners . It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in ...
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... personal defence and that of their nobles , and leaving the mass of their people at the mercy of the Danes . Far other was the thought of Ethelfleda ... PRIVATE CASTLE UNKNOWN she and her husband built the 20 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... personal defence and that of their nobles , and leaving the mass of their people at the mercy of the Danes . Far other was the thought of Ethelfleda ... PRIVATE CASTLE UNKNOWN she and her husband built the 20 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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Ella S. Armitage. THE PRIVATE CASTLE UNKNOWN she and her husband built the borough of Worcester . As they expressed ... private castle as an institution in Saxon times ; and although this evidence is only negative , it appears to us to be ...
Ella S. Armitage. THE PRIVATE CASTLE UNKNOWN she and her husband built the borough of Worcester . As they expressed ... private castle as an institution in Saxon times ; and although this evidence is only negative , it appears to us to be ...
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... private castle . 3 " The very word castle , " says Guizot , " brings with it the idea of feudal society ; we see it rising before us . It was feudalism that built these castles which once covered our soil , and whose ruins are still ...
... private castle . 3 " The very word castle , " says Guizot , " brings with it the idea of feudal society ; we see it rising before us . It was feudalism that built these castles which once covered our soil , and whose ruins are still ...
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