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 55
... say is that in six cases out of twenty - four ( not including Tempsford or Fulham ) the work appears to have been ... says that it contained 30 acres . See Mr Hope's paper in Camb . Antiq . Soc . , vol . xi . 3 Blomefield's Norfolk ...
... say is that in six cases out of twenty - four ( not including Tempsford or Fulham ) the work appears to have been ... says that it contained 30 acres . See Mr Hope's paper in Camb . Antiq . Soc . , vol . xi . 3 Blomefield's Norfolk ...
Page 57
... say about it hereafter . The rock motte at Nottingham was probably not cut off by a ditch from the rest of the ... says that the Northmen built themselves shipyards all round Europe , especially on the islands where they had their ...
... say about it hereafter . The rock motte at Nottingham was probably not cut off by a ditch from the rest of the ... says that the Northmen built themselves shipyards all round Europe , especially on the islands where they had their ...
Page 60
... says , further , that Norse soldiers were quartered in the country round . these towns in the houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman . Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to ...
... says , further , that Norse soldiers were quartered in the country round . these towns in the houses of the native Irish , and it even says that there was hardly a house without a Norseman . Herr Steenstrup does not go so far as to ...
Page 63
... says Dr Stubbs ; and this statement is not merely supported , but strengthened , by the work of the 1 See Stubbs , Constitutional History , i . , 251 ; Maitland's Domesday Book and Beyond , p . 157 ; Round's Feudal England , p . 261 ...
... says Dr Stubbs ; and this statement is not merely supported , but strengthened , by the work of the 1 See Stubbs , Constitutional History , i . , 251 ; Maitland's Domesday Book and Beyond , p . 157 ; Round's Feudal England , p . 261 ...
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... says the historian Giesebrecht , he sought to accustom the Saxons , who had hitherto dwelt in isolated farms , or ... say that he built the castle of Coucy ; but from Flodoard's account it seems very doubtful whether anything but the ...
... says the historian Giesebrecht , he sought to accustom the Saxons , who had hitherto dwelt in isolated farms , or ... say that he built the castle of Coucy ; but from Flodoard's account it seems very doubtful whether anything but the ...
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