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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The Norman seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places .
The Norman seems to have been free from any superstitious fear which might have hindered him from utilising the sepulchres of the dead for his personal defence ; or else he was unaware that they were burial - places .
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The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town ...
The castle which was built there in Norman times does not seem to have occupied at first more than a portion of this site , though it is probable that eventually the townsmen were expelled from the rock , and that thus the modern town ...
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SCANTINESS OF RECORDS is mentioned in 571 that the Saxons took four towns ( tunas ) of the Britons , and the apparent allusion to sieges seems to show that these British towns had some kind of fortification .
SCANTINESS OF RECORDS is mentioned in 571 that the Saxons took four towns ( tunas ) of the Britons , and the apparent allusion to sieges seems to show that these British towns had some kind of fortification .
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It would seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which enabled her to rule English ...
It would seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which enabled her to rule English ...
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This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the innumerable place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites ...
This enclosure may have been called a have been called a burh , and the innumerable place - names in England ending in borough or bury2 seem to suggest that the burh was often nothing more than a stockade , as in so many of these sites ...
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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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