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 is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the roth century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles .
It is hoped that the sketch of castle architecture from the roth century to the 13th , which is given in the last chapter , may prove a useful contribution to the subject , at any rate in its lists of dated castles .
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It may even be said that during the first half of the 19th century , less attention was paid to earthworks than by our older topographical writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles ...
It may even be said that during the first half of the 19th century , less attention was paid to earthworks than by our older topographical writers . Leland , in the reign of Henry VIII . , never failed to notice the " Dikes and Hilles ...
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We need not be surprised to find Camden doing this , as he wrote before the dawn of scientific observation ; but that such methods should have been carried on until late in the 19th century is little to the credit of English archæology ...
We need not be surprised to find Camden doing this , as he wrote before the dawn of scientific observation ; but that such methods should have been carried on until late in the 19th century is little to the credit of English archæology ...
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1 Bede , in the earliest times of our history , equated burh with urbs , a city ; Alfred in his Orosius translates civitas by burh ; the Anglo - Saxon gospels of the 11th century do the same ; and the confederacy of five Danish towns ...
1 Bede , in the earliest times of our history , equated burh with urbs , a city ; Alfred in his Orosius translates civitas by burh ; the Anglo - Saxon gospels of the 11th century do the same ; and the confederacy of five Danish towns ...
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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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| 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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