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
... writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and ...
... writer contends that it only appears after the establishment of the feudal system . The favourable reception given by archæologists to the paper read before the Scottish Society led the writer to follow up this interesting subject , and ...
Page ix
... writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many of them , but may also furnish material to the ...
... writer hopes that such fuller statement of the case as is here attempted may help not only to a right ascrip- tion of British castle - mounds , and of the stone castles built upon many of them , but may also furnish material to the ...
Page x
... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the 10th century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the 10th century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
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... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the roth century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
... writers have not even an idea of the preliminary studies without which their work has no value at all . It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the roth century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may ...
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... writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his ...
... writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles , which were Campes of Men of Warre , " nor the " Hilles of Yerth cast up like the Dungeon of sum olde Castelle , " which he saw in his ...
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