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The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles

by Ella Sophia Armitage

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Introductory
  3. 3Chapter II — Anglo-Saxon Fortifications
  4. 4Chapter III — Anglo-Saxon Fortifications — Continued
  5. 5Chapter IV — Danish Fortifications
  6. 6Chapter V — The Origin of Private Castles
  7. 7Chapter VI — Distribution and Characteristics of Motte-Castles
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Castles of the Normans in England
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Motte-Castles in North Wales
  10. 10Chapter IX — Motte-Castles in South Wales
  11. 11Chapter X — Motte-Castles in Scotland
  12. 12Chapter XI — Motte-Castles in Ireland
  13. 13Chapter XII — Stone Castles of the Norman Period
  14. 14Appendices
  15. 15Appendix B — Watling Street and the Danelagh
  16. 16Appendix C — The Military Origin of Alfred’s Boroughs
  17. 17Appendix D — The Words “Castrum” and “Castellum”
  18. 18Appendix E — The Burghal Hidage
  19. 19Appendix F — Thelwall
  20. 20Appendix G — The Word “Bretasche”
  21. 21Appendix H — The Words “Hurdicium” and “Hordiari”
  22. 22Appendix I — “Hericio, Ericio, Herito, Herisson”
  23. 23Appendix K — The Castle of Yale
  24. 24Appendix L — The Castle of Tullow or “Collacht,” P. 335
  25. 25Appendix M — The Castle of Slane
  26. 26Appendix N — The Word “Donjon”
  27. 27Appendix O — The Arrangements in Early Keeps
  28. 28Appendix P — Keeps as Residences
  29. 29Appendix Q — Castles Built by Henry I.
  30. 30Appendix R — The So-Called Shell Keep
  31. 31Appendix S — Professor Lloyd’s “History of Wales”
  32. 32Schedule of English Castles Known to Date From the Eleventh Century…

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