The Archaeology of Medieval EnglandBritish Museum Publications, 1984 - 224 pages |
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... Norman kings established their rights over the country by building castles ( either in their own name or through their nobles ) and founding royal forests . Most of the larger and royal castles were founded in existing urban centres and ...
... Norman kings established their rights over the country by building castles ( either in their own name or through their nobles ) and founding royal forests . Most of the larger and royal castles were founded in existing urban centres and ...
Page 112
... Norman rule had earth and timber as their building materials and were of the motte - and - bailey type masonry was not commonly used until the middle of the twelfth century stone castles were put up in exceptional cases where either ...
... Norman rule had earth and timber as their building materials and were of the motte - and - bailey type masonry was not commonly used until the middle of the twelfth century stone castles were put up in exceptional cases where either ...
Page 117
... Norman Conquest . Views held by scholars since the start of the study of earthwork castles in England at the beginning of this century have recently been called into question , and new models have been propounded and tested . This ...
... Norman Conquest . Views held by scholars since the start of the study of earthwork castles in England at the beginning of this century have recently been called into question , and new models have been propounded and tested . This ...
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Abbey Anglo-Saxon appear Archaeol archaeological archaeological evidence areas aspects Benedictine Beresford Biddle buildings built carried castles centres changing church Cistercian clay cloth common concentrated construction continued crofts discovered distribution documentary documentation domestic early eleventh England English evidence example excavation farm fields firing floor foundations fourteenth Goltho ground historical houses illustrated important increased indicate individual industry instance interest iron kilns known land late later London materials Medieval Archaeology medieval towns medieval village mentioned methods Middle Ages moated sites monasteries monastic motte needed Norman occupied orders origins parish particularly past peasant period population possible pottery present preserved probably produced question reasons recent remains result seems seen settlement shown sources standing stone Street structures suggest Sulgrave surrounded thirteenth century throughout tiles timber tion tower towns trade twelfth urban usually walls Winchester