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 17
... Chronicle , 942. The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle has three words for fortifications , burh , faesten , and geweorc . Burh is always used for those of Edward and Ethelfleda , faesten ( fastness ) or geweorc ( work ) for those of the Danes ...
... Chronicle , 942. The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle has three words for fortifications , burh , faesten , and geweorc . Burh is always used for those of Edward and Ethelfleda , faesten ( fastness ) or geweorc ( work ) for those of the Danes ...
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... Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this little exercise is sufficient in itself to prove the futility of Mr Clark's contention . Sentiment perhaps had ...
... Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this little exercise is sufficient in itself to prove the futility of Mr Clark's contention . Sentiment perhaps had ...
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... Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find the men of the boroughs doing good service against the Danes . It ...
... Chronicle tells us in 894 how Alfred divided his forces into three parts , the duty of one part being to defend the boroughs ; and from this time forth we constantly find the men of the boroughs doing good service against the Danes . It ...
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... Chronicle , with the Norman history of about the same period , the history of the rebellion of the Norman nobles against their young duke , William the Bastard . The first thing the nobles do is to put their castles into a state of ...
... Chronicle , with the Norman history of about the same period , the history of the rebellion of the Norman nobles against their young duke , William the Bastard . The first thing the nobles do is to put their castles into a state of ...
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... Chronicle shows the unpopularity , to say the least of it , of this castle - building ; and one of the conditions which Godwin , when posing as popular champion , wished to exact from the king , was that the Frenchmen who were in the ...
... Chronicle shows the unpopularity , to say the least of it , of this castle - building ; and one of the conditions which Godwin , when posing as popular champion , wished to exact from the king , was that the Frenchmen who were in the ...
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