Project Gutenberg 2015-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 138 Armitage, Ella S. Armitage, Ella Sophia Montgomerie, D. H. The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles. Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Clark and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles" by Ella S. Armitage is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the architecture and significance of early Norman castles across Britain and Ireland, detailing the evolution from Anglo-Saxon and Danish fortifications to the introduction of the private castle system by the Normans. It serves as a comprehensive study of castle architecture, aiming to collate essential information for scholars interested in the history and evolution of these structures. At the start of the work, the author discusses the neglect of earthworks in English archaeology up until recent times, highlighting that early authorities like Leland documented fortifications but later scholars overlooked them. Armitage mentions notable figures in archaeological circles who contributed to the understanding of these structures. The opening section underscores the need for systematic studies to differentiate between various types of earthworks, particularly the moated mounds often associated with Norman architecture. This sets the stage for a deeper examination of fortifications that arose from the Norman Conquest, illustrating the significance of castles as not merely military structures but as vital components of the feudal landscape in medieval Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Architecture, Norman Castles -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Normans -- Great Britain DA Text Browsing: Architecture Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages 1261966 1262068 2024-09-20T09:43:30.616051 2023-09-21T06:27:11.658942 text/html text/html 1265546 2015-03-29T12:16:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 6214935 2015-03-29T12:16:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 6274111 2024-09-20T09:44:10.253820 application/epub+zip 6290701 2024-09-20T09:43:41.991962 application/epub+zip 476788 2024-09-20T09:43:32.554052 application/epub+zip 8575165 2024-09-20T09:44:23.398810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8481861 2024-09-20T09:44:00.451916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 787717 2022-09-22T05:30:49.352844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 828421 828216 2024-09-20T09:43:25.637071 2023-09-21T06:27:06.809875 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 827862 2015-03-29T12:16:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 308001 2015-03-29T12:16:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307730 2015-03-29T12:16:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19846 2024-09-20T09:44:23.644755 application/rdf+xml 16227 2024-09-20T09:43:32.882018 image/jpeg 2113 2024-09-20T09:43:32.720031 image/jpeg 6204683 2024-09-20T09:43:30.943033 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog