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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Bridgenorth is on a natural fortification of steep rock , which would only require a stout wall to make it secure against all the military resources of the 10th century . We may therefore be quite certain that it was here Ethelfleda ...
Bridgenorth is on a natural fortification of steep rock , which would only require a stout wall to make it secure against all the military resources of the 10th century . We may therefore be quite certain that it was here Ethelfleda ...
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WARWICK Castle has a motte which has been confidently attributed to Ethelfleda , only because Dugdale copied the assertion of Thomas Rous , a very imaginative writer of the 15th century , that she was its builder .
WARWICK Castle has a motte which has been confidently attributed to Ethelfleda , only because Dugdale copied the assertion of Thomas Rous , a very imaginative writer of the 15th century , that she was its builder .
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This ditch , from 12 to 16 feet wide , with an inner bank 6 or 7 feet high , could still be traced in the early part of the 19th century . Eighteen feet of the headland were cut off when the Duke of Bridgewater made his canal in 1773 ...
This ditch , from 12 to 16 feet wide , with an inner bank 6 or 7 feet high , could still be traced in the early part of the 19th century . Eighteen feet of the headland were cut off when the Duke of Bridgewater made his canal in 1773 ...
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Herr Steenstrup shows that so far from the settlement of the Danes in Normandy being on feudal lines , they only reluctantly accepted the feudal yoke , and not till the next century . Normannerne , i . , 305 , 310.
Herr Steenstrup shows that so far from the settlement of the Danes in Normandy being on feudal lines , they only reluctantly accepted the feudal yoke , and not till the next century . Normannerne , i . , 305 , 310.
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And we shall see in the next chapter that this was the general type of the fortifications which were being raised in Western Europe in the 9th century . 1 See Vinogradoff , English Society in the 11th Century , pp . 5 , 11 , 478 .
And we shall see in the next chapter that this was the general type of the fortifications which were being raised in Western Europe in the 9th century . 1 See Vinogradoff , English Society in the 11th Century , pp . 5 , 11 , 478 .
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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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