Baileys

(noun)

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a "motte," accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Examples of Baileys in the following topics:

  • Challenges to the New Deal

    • While Burton Wheeler, a progressive Democrat from Montana, played the role of the public voice of the alliance that formed in opposition to the court-packing  plan, conservative Democratic senators, Carter Glass, Harry Flood Byrd, and Josiah Bailey, were critical to collecting enough opposing votes in Congress.
    • In 1937, Bailey released a "Conservative Manifesto" that presented conservative philosophical tenets, including the line "Give enterprise a chance, and I will give you the guarantees of a happy and prosperous America."

  • Courts

    • A trial at the Old Bailey in London, as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin, for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-11).

  • Resolving Conflicts

    • A trial at the Old Bailey in London, as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin, for Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1808-11).

  • Norman Architecture

    • Over the next century, Norman barons built timber castles on earthen mounds, beginning the development of motte-and-bailey castles; they also produced great stone churches in the Romanesque style of the Franks.
    • Following the Norman invasion of England, Normans rapidly constructed more motte-and-bailey castles, and in a burst of building activity, they built churches, abbeys, and more elaborate fortifications such as Norman stone keeps.

  • Dover Castle in England

    • The inner and outer baileys and the great keep were constructed during this time.

  • The Clinton Administration Moves Right

    • Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison took a senate seat from the Democrats in Texas.

  • Domestic Conservatism

    • Senator Josiah Bailey (D-NC) released the "Conservative Manifesto" in December 1937, which marked the beginning of the "conservative coalition" between Republicans and southern Democrats.

  • Court Packing

    • While Burton Wheeler, a progressive Democrat from Montana, played the role of the public voice of the alliance that formed in opposition to "the court-packing  plan," conservative Democratic senators, Carter Glass, Harry Flood Byrd, and Josiah Bailey, were critical to collecting enough opposing votes in Congress.

  • Political Critiques of the New Deal

    • In 1937, Josiah Bailey, Democratic senator and one of the staunchest critics of the New Deal,  released a "Conservative Manifesto" that presented conservative philosophical tenets, including the line "Give enterprise a chance, and I will give you the guarantees of a happy and prosperous America."