The Early Norman Castles Of The British Isles
by Ella Sophia Armitage
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About this eBook
- Author
- Armitage, Ella Sophia, 1841-1931
- Title
- The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Normans -- Great Britain
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 48602
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48602
- Release Date
- March 29, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's Note: — THE EARLY NORMAN CASTLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
- 2.ERRATA
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
- 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
- 7.CHAPTER II ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS
- 8.CHAPTER III ANGLO-SAXON FORTIFICATIONS— continued — The Burhs of Edward the Elder.
- 9.CHAPTER IV DANISH FORTIFICATIONS
- 10.CHAPTER V THE ORIGIN OF PRIVATE CASTLES
- 11.CHAPTER VI DISTRIBUTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTTE-CASTLES
- 12.CHAPTER VII THE CASTLES OF THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND
- 13.CHAPTER VIII MOTTE-CASTLES IN NORTH WALES
- 14.CHAPTER IX MOTTE-CASTLES IN SOUTH WALES — Castles of Pembrokeshire. — Castles of Cardigan. — Castles of Carmarthenshire. — Castles in Brecknockshire. — Castles of Radnorshire. — Castles of Glamorganshire. — Castles of Gower.
- 15.CHAPTER X MOTTE-CASTLES IN SCOTLAND
- 16.CHAPTER XI MOTTE-CASTLES IN IRELAND
- 17.CHAPTER XII STONE CASTLES OF THE NORMAN PERIOD
- 18.APPENDIX A PRIMITIVE FOLK-MOOTS
- 19.APPENDIX B WATLING STREET AND THE DANELAGH
- 20.APPENDIX C THE MILITARY ORIGIN OF ALFRED’S BOROUGHS
- 21.APPENDIX D THE WORDS “CASTRUM” AND “CASTELLUM”
- 22.APPENDIX E THE BURGHAL HIDAGE
- 23.APPENDIX F THELWALL
- 24.APPENDIX G THE WORD “BRETASCHE”
- 25.APPENDIX H THE WORDS “HURDICIUM” AND “HORDIARI”
- 26.APPENDIX I “HERICIO, ERICIO, HERITO, HERISSON”
- 27.APPENDIX K THE CASTLE OF YALE
- 28.APPENDIX L THE CASTLE OF TULLOW OR “COLLACHT,” p. 335
- 29.APPENDIX M THE CASTLE OF SLANE
- 30.APPENDIX N THE WORD “DONJON”
- 31.APPENDIX O THE ARRANGEMENTS IN EARLY KEEPS
- 32.APPENDIX P KEEPS AS RESIDENCES
- 33.APPENDIX Q CASTLES BUILT BY HENRY I.
- 34.APPENDIX R THE SO-CALLED SHELL KEEP
- 35.APPENDIX S PROFESSOR LLOYD’S “HISTORY OF WALES”
- 36.SCHEDULE OF ENGLISH CASTLES KNOWN TO DATE FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY [1207] — IN TOWNS — IN MANORS
- 37.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:
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