The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJ. Murray, 1912 - 408 pages |
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... England , as well as in Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and ...
... England , as well as in Wales and in the Normanised parts of Ireland and Scotland , we see that the Norman invader is the one to whom they seem to point . We see also that small forts of this kind , easily and cheaply constructed , and ...
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... England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo - Saxons were the fortifications of society and not of the individual ...
... England that Alfred and his descendants saved England from the Danes . Thus far we have seen that all the fortifications which we know to have been built by the Anglo - Saxons were the fortifications of society and not of the individual ...
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... England in 1052 we do not hear of any castles being restored to him . Now let us contrast this piece of English ... England from Richard II . to Henry VIII , part ii . , 256 . 3 William of Jumièges , vii - xvii . 2 A.-S. C. , 1048 ...
... England in 1052 we do not hear of any castles being restored to him . Now let us contrast this piece of English ... England from Richard II . to Henry VIII , part ii . , 256 . 3 William of Jumièges , vii - xvii . 2 A.-S. C. , 1048 ...
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... England , we can imagine no reason why Godwin did not do the same , except that such a step was impossible to a man who desired popularity amongst his countrymen . The Welshmen , we are told ( that is the foreigners , the Normans ) ...
... England , we can imagine no reason why Godwin did not do the same , except that such a step was impossible to a man who desired popularity amongst his countrymen . The Welshmen , we are told ( that is the foreigners , the Normans ) ...
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... England belonging to the Norman favourites . It is in connection with these Norman favourites that the word castel appears for the first time in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . This is a fact of considerable importance in itself ; and ...
... England belonging to the Norman favourites . It is in connection with these Norman favourites that the word castel appears for the first time in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . This is a fact of considerable importance in itself ; and ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum certainly chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existence feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Giraldus Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s hillock History houses III.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry mediæval mentioned moated Montgomerie mote motte and bailey motte-and-bailey motte-castle mound mural towers Norman castle Norwich Ordericus original Orpen outer Pipe Rolls private castle probably Quatford remains remarks Risen river Robert Rochester Roger Roman round ruins Saxon says Scotland shows side Stafford stands stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer