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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What shall I say , " cries Asser , " of the cities and towns which he restored , and of others which he built which had never existed before ! ... Asser says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p .
What shall I say , " cries Asser , " of the cities and towns which he restored , and of others which he built which had never existed before ! ... Asser says : " Londoniam civitatem honorifice restauravit et habitabilem fecit , " p .
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3 Professor Maitland observed : " To say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh ... Professor Maitland says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be ...
3 Professor Maitland observed : " To say nothing of hamlets , we have full 250 parishes whose names end in burgh ... Professor Maitland says : " In Athelstan's day it seems to be supposed by the legislator that a moot will usually be ...
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Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its ...
Mr Freeman says : " In the eleventh century , the word castel was introduced into our language to mark something which was evidently quite distinct from the familiar burh of ancient times . . . . Ordericus speaks of the thing and its ...
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Thus Egbert of Kent says in 765 : " Trado terram intra castelli monia supranominati , id est Hrofescestri , unum viculum cum duobus jugeribus , etc. , " where castellum is evidently the city of Rochester.1 Offa calls Wermund " episcopus ...
Thus Egbert of Kent says in 765 : " Trado terram intra castelli monia supranominati , id est Hrofescestri , unum viculum cum duobus jugeribus , etc. , " where castellum is evidently the city of Rochester.1 Offa calls Wermund " episcopus ...
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Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the ...
Dugdale says the town ditch was 45 feet broad . Tamworth was a borough at the time of Domesday . STAFFORD has a motte on which stood a Norman castle ; but this is not mentioned in the table , because it stands a mile and a half from the ...
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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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