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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... English and Danish rule.1 It would seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which ...
... English and Danish rule.1 It would seem from the course of the story that after Ethelred's death there was some arrangement between Ethelfleda and her brother , possibly due to the surrender of the territory mentioned above , which ...
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... English Dictionary , Borough . 2 Anglo - Saxon 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 ) ...
... English Dictionary , Borough . 2 Anglo - Saxon 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 ) ...
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... English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar was allowed to affix an entirely new meaning to a very common Anglo - Saxon word , and that this meaning was at once accepted without question by historians ...
... English archæology that a man who was not in any sense an Anglo - Saxon scholar was allowed to affix an entirely new meaning to a very common Anglo - Saxon word , and that this meaning was at once accepted without question by historians ...
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... English history , as told by the Anglo - Saxon 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 ...
... English history , as told by the Anglo - Saxon 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 ...
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... English glosses , from the 8th century Corpus Glossary downwards , castellum is glossed by wic , that is town . " : In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant ...
... English glosses , from the 8th century Corpus Glossary downwards , castellum is glossed by wic , that is town . " : In this sense no doubt we must interpret Asser's " castellum quod dicitur Werham . " Henry of Huntingdon probably meant ...
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12th century acres ancient Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Annals appears Arch bank borough bretasche Brut building built Burghal Hidage burgus burh called camp Cardigan castelli castellum castrum chapel charter Chester church Close Rolls Colchester Conquest Corfe Danes Danish defended ditch Domesday Book doubt Earl early Norman earthen earthworks Edward Edward the Elder enclosed enclosure England English Ethelfleda evidence existed feet feudal Fitz fortifications Fulk Nerra Gwynedd Henry II Henry II.'s Henry III.'s reign History houses II.'s reign Journ king land manor masonry medieval 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 stockade stone castle stone keep town trace turris Wales wall ward Welsh William wooden castle word writer