The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesSome 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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A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The Anglo - Saxon noble had no reason to distrust his neighbours , or to fortify himself against them .
A castle is built by a man who lives among enemies , who distrusts his nearest neighbours as much as any foe from a distance . The Anglo - Saxon noble had no reason to distrust his neighbours , or to fortify himself against them .
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Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by burgus , and he shows that he had a ...
Henry of Huntingdon probably meant a town when he says that Edward the Elder built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by burgus , and he shows that he had a ...
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The following is a table of the thirty boroughs built by Ethelfleda and Edward , arranged chronologically , which will show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman ...
The following is a table of the thirty boroughs built by Ethelfleda and Edward , arranged chronologically , which will show that we never find a motte , that is a moated mound , on the site of one of these boroughs unless a Norman ...
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So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day . But the others , for some reason or other , did not take ...
So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in fact until the present day . But the others , for some reason or other , did not take ...
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The borough which Ethelfleda fortified probably 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 of the castle ...
The borough which Ethelfleda fortified probably 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 of the castle ...
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| Title | The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles |
| Author | Ella S. Armitage |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2012 |
| ISBN | 1511546832, 9781511546836 |
| Length | 408 pages |
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