This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...not to all the Norman reigns. Before and after the civil war there might be an occasional ruthless baron, such as Robert of Belleme, but it was to the interest of the Crown to keep under such bold bad barons. Therefore the usual moan which is made is quite out of place; the horrors of Norman dungeons need only be ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...not to all the Norman reigns. Before and after the civil war there might be an occasional ruthless baron, such as Robert of Belleme, but it was to the interest of the Crown to keep under such bold bad barons. Therefore the usual moan which is made is quite out of place; the horrors of Norman dungeons need only be pictured by those who study the fate of England when both Stephen and Maud were weak, each wanting supporters, and each having to bid for the help of such utter scoundrels as Geoffrey of Mandeville. As the "adulterine" castles were built rapidly within a few years, and were rapidly destroyed by Henry II, it is highly probable that they were mounds and courts of the pattern of William I's reign; that being so, one fails to see where the horrible underground dungeon or torture chamber is to be located. If Henry II's servants did their work thoroughly traces would soon have disappeared, and indeed we have not a single certain instance of any one of them. Just here and there perhaps we think that we may find an " adulterine " mound and court in some village which was not part of an important barony in 1086; where we know from D.B. that neither the old Saxon lord nor his Norman successor was a man of standing, it would be fair to guess that the deserted earthworks and ditch were the result of the anarchy under the feeble though wellmeaning Stephen. The great majority of stone keeps, whether shell keeps or square keeps, date from Henry II's reign onwards, and the strongest and best of them were royal. So far, London and Colchester apart, we have had two things to think about, an inner wooden citadel on a mound and an outer enclosure. Of course, there might be one, two, three, or even more outer courts or baileys, which would be added ...
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