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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It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on ' Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in plan of these earthen and timber structures with the stone castles which immediately succeeded them ...
It was the chief merit of Mr G. T. Clark's work on ' Medieval Military Architecture , that he showed the perfect correspondence in plan of these earthen and timber structures with the stone castles which immediately succeeded them ...
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We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , ' does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or oblong form ...
We are not told of stone walls more than once ( at Towcester ) ; but the use of the word timbrian , which does not exclusively mean to build in wood , ' does not preclude walls of stone in important places . In the square or oblong form ...
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2 We hear of monasteries being fortified in this way ; in 869 Charles the Bald drew a bank of wood and stone round the monastery of St Denis ; “ On voit les villæ 1 " Castrum muro factum circa eam [ ecclesiam ] 70 THE ORIGIN OF PRIVATE ...
2 We hear of monasteries being fortified in this way ; in 869 Charles the Bald drew a bank of wood and stone round the monastery of St Denis ; “ On voit les villæ 1 " Castrum muro factum circa eam [ ecclesiam ] 70 THE ORIGIN OF PRIVATE ...
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The first stone keep in the country for whose date we have positive evidence , is that of Langeais , built by Fulk Nerra , Count of Anjou , about the year 994 ; its ruins still exist . But we are concerned more particularly here with ...
The first stone keep in the country for whose date we have positive evidence , is that of Langeais , built by Fulk Nerra , Count of Anjou , about the year 994 ; its ruins still exist . But we are concerned more particularly here with ...
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SUM OF THE EVIDENCE 79 wooden defences have one important advantage over stone ones , their greater cohesion , which enabled them to resist the blows of the battering - ram better than rubble masonry . Their great disadvantage was their ...
SUM OF THE EVIDENCE 79 wooden defences have one important advantage over stone ones , their greater cohesion , which enabled them to resist the blows of the battering - ram better than rubble masonry . Their great disadvantage was their ...
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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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