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Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland - A History and Gazetteer (Paperback)
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Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland - A History and Gazetteer (Paperback)
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List price R621
Loot Price R549
Discovery Miles 5 490
You Save R72 (12%)
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Much more than an excellent gazetteer, an engaging history using
contemporary sources shows whose hands the defence of the
Anglo-Scottish border was in while Henry V was at
Agincourt.Subsequent surveys show how Christopher Dacre forwarded a
bold project that linked a string of towers forming a defence
against marauding Scots, suggesting new towers to stop gaps, a
'dyke or defence' joining them like a latter-day Hadrian's Wall.
Beyond this line were many peles or bastles, homes to the headsmen
of the notorious reiving families cursed in 1525 by the Bishops of
Durham and Glasgow because of their brutal way of life, giving rise
to much romance and legend. Polite society occupied the large
castles of the coastal area. This history and gazetteer, with 500
entries, will increase your knowledge of Northumberland and its
proud, turbulent past.
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