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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... much more difficult questions than does the architecture of churches . Those who are seriously working on castle architecture are very few in number , and are as yet little known to the world at large . From time to time , books on castles.
... much more difficult questions than does the architecture of churches . Those who are seriously working on castle architecture are very few in number , and are as yet little known to the world at large . From time to time , books on castles.
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Ella S. Armitage. WHAT THESE FEATURES INDICATE 7 tions in England which are known or suspected to be Saxon have also these inner enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock ...
Ella S. Armitage. WHAT THESE FEATURES INDICATE 7 tions in England which are known or suspected to be Saxon have also these inner enclosures of considerable size ( 6 acres in the case of Witham ) , but without any vestige of the hillock ...
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... known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of twenty - six . His authority alone is sufficient to settle this question , and we need no longer have any doubt that a burh was the same thing which in medieval ...
... known what a burh meant , translates it by urbs in nineteen cases out of twenty - six . His authority alone is sufficient to settle this question , and we need no longer have any doubt that a burh was the same thing which in medieval ...
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... known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence of Wessex ...
... known as the " Burghal Hidage " we have another quite different list of thirty - two boroughs , 1 which , according to Professor Maitland , " sets forth certain arrangements made early in the 10th century for the defence of Wessex ...
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... known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military Architecture , ii . , 120 . 2 Essex Naturalist , January 1887 . has a double enclosure.1 Witham is not mentioned as a.
... known , Witham is the only instance we have of an Anglo - Saxon earthwork which 1 Medieval Military Architecture , ii . , 120 . 2 Essex Naturalist , January 1887 . has a double enclosure.1 Witham is not mentioned as a.
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