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 76
... passage cited above from Lambert which led him to this conclusion . See art . " Mota " in Ducange's Glossarium . " Steenstrup , Normannerne , i . , 297 . 4 England and Normandy , ii . , 535 . 3 Ibid . , i . , 301 . THE INVENTION OF ...
... passage cited above from Lambert which led him to this conclusion . See art . " Mota " in Ducange's Glossarium . " Steenstrup , Normannerne , i . , 297 . 4 England and Normandy , ii . , 535 . 3 Ibid . , i . , 301 . THE INVENTION OF ...
Page 77
... passage means mottes , and taking this statement along with the great number of mottes which are still to be found in Normandy , it has been further assumed ( and the present writer was disposed to share the idea ) that this was the ...
... passage means mottes , and taking this statement along with the great number of mottes which are still to be found in Normandy , it has been further assumed ( and the present writer was disposed to share the idea ) that this was the ...
Page 87
... passages and posterns , by which help might reach the besieged.1 What the outward appearance of these motte - castles was we learn from the Bayeux Tapestry , which gives us several instructive pictures of motte - castles existing in the ...
... passages and posterns , by which help might reach the besieged.1 What the outward appearance of these motte - castles was we learn from the Bayeux Tapestry , which gives us several instructive pictures of motte - castles existing in the ...
Page 90
... passages from storey to storey , from the house into the kitchen , from room to room , and again from the house into the loggia ( logium ) , where they used to sit in conversation for recreation , and again from the loggia into the ...
... passages from storey to storey , from the house into the kitchen , from room to room , and again from the house into the loggia ( logium ) , where they used to sit in conversation for recreation , and again from the loggia into the ...
Page 103
... passage in Domesday is that Earl William removed the geldability of the five hides occupying the peninsula or ness which stretches from Berkeley to the Severn , bounded on the south by the Little Avon , and appropriated these lands to ...
... passage in Domesday is that Earl William removed the geldability of the five hides occupying the peninsula or ness which stretches from Berkeley to the Severn , bounded on the south by the Little Avon , and appropriated these lands to ...
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