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 53
... certainly not have accommodated the large army " from Huntingdon and from the East Angles , " which built the advanced post at Tempsford as a base for the forcible recovery of the districts which they had lost . Such a small enclosure ...
... certainly not have accommodated the large army " from Huntingdon and from the East Angles , " which built the advanced post at Tempsford as a base for the forcible recovery of the districts which they had lost . Such a small enclosure ...
Page 66
... certainly had in the last . The Carlovingian sovereigns represented a well - ordered state , modelled on the pattern of the Roman Empire ; they were jealous of any attempts at self - defence which did not proceed from the State , and ...
... certainly had in the last . The Carlovingian sovereigns represented a well - ordered state , modelled on the pattern of the Roman Empire ; they were jealous of any attempts at self - defence which did not proceed from the State , and ...
Page 71
... certainly a castle , since it was an enclosure formed for private , not for public interests . Whether these first private castles were provided with towers we have no evidence either to prove or to disprove . No instance occurs from ...
... certainly a castle , since it was an enclosure formed for private , not for public interests . Whether these first private castles were provided with towers we have no evidence either to prove or to disprove . No instance occurs from ...
Page 72
... Certainly there is not a word in the chronicles which is descriptive of this kind of castle before the beginning of the 11th century . The first historical mention of a castle which is clearly of the motte - and - bailey kind is in the ...
... Certainly there is not a word in the chronicles which is descriptive of this kind of castle before the beginning of the 11th century . The first historical mention of a castle which is clearly of the motte - and - bailey kind is in the ...
Page 97
... certainly early Norman to be found on one of these mottes ; where the date can be ascertained , the stone- work is invariably later than the 11th century . ABERGAVENNY ( Fig . 8 ) . — This castle , being in Monmouthshire , must be ...
... certainly early Norman to be found on one of these mottes ; where the date can be ascertained , the stone- work is invariably later than the 11th century . ABERGAVENNY ( Fig . 8 ) . — This castle , being in Monmouthshire , must be ...
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