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 20
... writer makes no pretensions to be an Anglo - Saxon scholar , but it is easy to pick out the word burh in the Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this little ...
... writer makes no pretensions to be an Anglo - Saxon scholar , but it is easy to pick out the word burh in the Chronicle and the Anglo - Saxon Laws , and to find out how the word is translated in the Latin chronicles ; and this little ...
Page 21
... writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a social arrangement , it ...
... writers seem to think that the private castle was a modest little thing which was content to blush unseen . This is wholly to mistake the position of the private castle in history . Such a castle is not merely a social arrangement , it ...
Page 31
... writer to state that the walls of 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English ...
... writer to state that the walls of 1 Ante , p . 21 . 2 Haverfield , in V. C. H. Worcester , Romano - British Worcester , i . 3 Early Fortifications in Scotland , p . 105 . 4 4 Gairdner and Mullinger , Introduction to the Study of English ...
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... writer of the 15th century , that she was its builder . The borough which Ethelfleda fortified prob- ably occupied a smaller area than the medieval walls built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site ...
... writer of the 15th century , that she was its builder . The borough which Ethelfleda fortified prob- ably occupied a smaller area than the medieval walls built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site ...
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... writers , will not stand a moment's examination . Wigmore was entirely out of Edward's beat , and he had far too much on his hands in 918 to attempt a campaign in Herefordshire . As Wigingamere appears to have specially drawn upon ...
... writers , will not stand a moment's examination . Wigmore was entirely out of Edward's beat , and he had far too much on his hands in 918 to attempt a campaign in Herefordshire . As Wigingamere appears to have specially drawn upon ...
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