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" They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when the castles were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. "
Macariae Excidium, Or, The Destruction of Cyprus: Being a Secret History of ... - Page 224
by Charles O'Kelly, John Cornelius O'Callaghan, Irish Archaeological Society - 1850 - 575 pages
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Abbrégé des derniers mouvemens d'Angleterre avec un raisonnement succinct ...

George Bate - Great Britain - 1651 - 284 pages
...They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those men that they imagined had any property, both by night and by day, peasant men and women, and put them...
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The Popular Educator, Volumes 5-6; Volume 14

Geography - 1867 - 878 pages
...rich man built hia castles, and defended them against him, und they filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making them work at these castles, and when they were finished they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those whom they suspected...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 161-162

Early English newspapers - 1837 - 756 pages
...built his castles and defended them against him (Stephen), and they filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched people by making...filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took there whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and by day, seizing both men and women and put...
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The Churchman; a monthly magazine in defence of the venerable ..., Issue 50

1839 - 460 pages
...the reign of King Stephen. The following is a brief specimen : — " Every rich man built his castle They took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tormented...
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Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle, Volume 165

Early English newspapers - 1838 - 1080 pages
...King Stephen, of which we shall give a brief specimen. " Every rich man built his castles • * * * they took those whom they suspected to have any goods by night and day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tormented...
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The Churchman, a Magazine in Defence of the Church and Constitution

1839 - 460 pages
...the reign of King Stephen. The following is a brief specimen : — " Every rich man built his castle They took those whom they suspected to have any goods, by night and day, seizing both men and women, and they put them in prison for their gold and silver, and tormented...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 58

1863 - 518 pages
...wretched people by making them work at their castles, and when they were finished they filled them with evil men. Then they took those -whom they suspected to have any goods, seizing both men and women by night and day ; and they put them in prisons for their gold and silver,...
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The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
..." Every rich man built his castles and defended them, and they filled the land full of castles. And they greatly oppressed the wretched people, by making...finished, they filled them with devils and evil men." Henry II., however, put a stop to the mischief by making it unlawful to erect a castle without the...
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History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and ..., Volume 2

Augustin Thierry - Great Britain - 1847 - 494 pages
...chronicle, " built castles, and defended them against all, and they tilled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched people, by making...were finished, they filled them with devils and evil 1 Ordericus Vitalis, Hist. Ecclesiaslica., lib. xiii., apud Script, rer. Nor mann, p. 912. 2 Gervas....
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History of the conquest of England by the Normans, tr. by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry - 1847 - 492 pages
...chronicle, " built castles, and defended them against all, and they filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched people, by making...were finished, they filled them with devils and evil 1 Ordericus Vitalis, Hist. Ecclcsiastica, UK xiii., apud Script, rer. Normaun, p. 913. 2 Gervas. Cantuar.,...
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