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It might be bold to expect to see the high place crowned by any actual building of the days of Tancred; but it seems only reasonable to argue that Hauteville must be _Hauteville_, that it must stand high.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward Augustus Freeman 1857
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One might almost have been better pleased if Hauteville were known as the Hauteville of Tancred himself rather than by the name of any of his sons.
Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward Augustus Freeman 1857
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Surely, few descendants of the bloodline of the House of Hauteville can claim such patience.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Norman gentlemen, the sons of Tancred de Hauteville, despising at once the pope and the Greek emperor, plundered everything they could in Apulia and Calabria, and ate blood puddings with the utmost hardihood.
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Von Esebeck's forces moved quickly and captured the bridges at Hauteville and Marquigny intact.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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They went up the hill this time, away from the sea, through Hauteville and then down the steps by the Town Church.
Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989
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There is nothing more romantic than the history of the Norman family of Hauteville, which sent forth a number of men whose exertions in Southern Europe had great effect in the eleventh century.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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Hauteville, nigh Coutances, came the conquerors of Apulia and Sicily.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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The morning after the de Hauteville ball Lady Esmondet and Vaura met at the breakfast-table, at noon, Lady Esmondet not looking paler than usual.
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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[John de _Alvilla_ or _Hauteville_, according to Mr. Wright] as
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