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 23
... shows the unpopularity , to say the least of it , of this castle - building ; and one of the conditions which Godwin , when posing as popular champion , wished to exact from the king , was that the Frenchmen who were in the castle ...
... shows the unpopularity , to say the least of it , of this castle - building ; and one of the conditions which Godwin , when posing as popular champion , wished to exact from the king , was that the Frenchmen who were in the castle ...
Page 25
... shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's work when he says that at Buckingham Edward " fecit vallum ex utraque parte aquć " -where vallum is a translation of burh . The difference between a burh and a castle is very clearly ...
... shows that he had a correct idea of Edward's work when he says that at Buckingham Edward " fecit vallum ex utraque parte aquć " -where vallum is a translation of burh . The difference between a burh and a castle is very clearly ...
Page 26
... show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte ...
... show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman castle - builder has been at work there subsequently . The weak point in Mr Clark's argument was that when he found a motte ...
Page 32
... shows that the civic boundary did not extend to the present south wall in his reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on ...
... shows that the civic boundary did not extend to the present south wall in his reign . Ethelfleda's borough probably followed the lines of the old Roman castrum . BREMESBYRIG . - This place has not yet been identi- fied . Bromborough on ...
Page 38
... show of Ethelfleda's borough ; but local historians have preserved some rather vague accounts of a promontory fort which once existed at the point where the London and North - Western Railway bridge enters the river . A rocky headland ...
... show of Ethelfleda's borough ; but local historians have preserved some rather vague accounts of a promontory fort which once existed at the point where the London and North - Western Railway bridge enters the river . A rocky headland ...
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