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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... 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 . Later 1 A.-S. C. ...
... 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 . Later 1 A.-S. C. ...
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... built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by ... built . " 1 Codex Diplomaticus , i . , 138 . 3 Stevenson's edition of Asser , 331 . 1 Asser , c . xlix . 2 History of ...
... built at Hertford " castrum non immensum sed pulcherrimum . " He generally translates the burh of the Chronicle by ... built . " 1 Codex Diplomaticus , i . , 138 . 3 Stevenson's edition of Asser , 331 . 1 Asser , c . xlix . 2 History of ...
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... built a burh , it would raise a strong presumption that mottes and burhs were the same thing . But out of the twenty - five burhs which can be identified , in only ten is there a motte on the same site ; and in every case where a motte ...
... built a burh , it would raise a strong presumption that mottes and burhs were the same thing . But out of the twenty - five burhs which can be identified , in only ten is there a motte on the same site ; and in every case where a motte ...
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... built on two sides of the river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in ...
... built on two sides of the river , the whole number should be reduced to twenty - two . So that more than half the boroughs built by the children of Alfred continued to maintain their existence during the succeeding centuries , and in ...
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... built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site of the castle , as Domesday states that only four houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman ...
... built in Edward I.'s reign ; and it is probable that it did not include the site of the castle , as Domesday states that only four houses were destroyed when the castle was built . The borough was doubtless erected to protect the Roman ...
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