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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... borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country.3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a burh was the same thing as a borough , we can turn ...
... borough - moot and the borough - reeve are spoken of , but the burh - waru or burgesses . Burh is contrasted with wapentake as town with country.3 If we wish to multiply proofs that a burh was the same thing as a borough , we can turn ...
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... boroughs was largely military , the duty of maintaining the walls of the county borough being incumbent on the magnates of the shire . Domesday Book and Beyond , 189. See Appendix C. We can easily test this by comparing Anglo - Saxon.
... boroughs was largely military , the duty of maintaining the walls of the county borough being incumbent on the magnates of the shire . Domesday Book and Beyond , 189. See Appendix C. We can easily test this by comparing Anglo - Saxon.
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... Freeman should have fallen under the influence of Mr Clark's burh theory , and should completely have confused castles and boroughs . CASTELLUM AND BURGUS 25 historians , who were familiar with 24 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
... Freeman should have fallen under the influence of Mr Clark's burh theory , and should completely have confused castles and boroughs . CASTELLUM AND BURGUS 25 historians , who were familiar with 24 ANGLO - SAXON FORTIFICATIONS.
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... borough ( burh ) and ordered the castle to be built . " 1 Codex Diplomaticus , i . , 138 . 3 Stevenson's edition of Asser , 331 . 1 Asser , c . xlix . 2 History of Rochester , 1772 , p . 21 . See Appendix D. The following is a table of ...
... borough ( burh ) and ordered the castle to be built . " 1 Codex Diplomaticus , i . , 138 . 3 Stevenson's edition of Asser , 331 . 1 Asser , c . xlix . 2 History of Rochester , 1772 , p . 21 . See Appendix D. The following is a table of ...
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Ella S. Armitage. The following is a table of the thirty boroughs built by Ethelfleda and Edward , arranged chronologically , which will show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs ...
Ella S. Armitage. The following is a table of the thirty boroughs built by Ethelfleda and Edward , arranged chronologically , which will show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs ...
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