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Nicky
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Паршев
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25.03.2004 13:08:27
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Древняя история;
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похоже его уже англосаксы употребляли
http://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/burhs.htm
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/culture/towns/townint4.html
"These fortified places, perhaps inspired by earlier examples of planned settlements in Mercia, the Danelaw, and Wessex itself (Hamwic), were called burhs. From that term derives our "borough", although burh originally applied to any fortified place (notably royal residences) endowed with a royal guarantee of enforcement of law and the peace there."