Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 74
... Norman castle or baggage train which a Roman legionary or soldier of Alexander the Great would have found un- familiar . However , it was to the strategic and tactical concepts which castles represent that the Nor- mans contributed most ...
... Norman castle or baggage train which a Roman legionary or soldier of Alexander the Great would have found un- familiar . However , it was to the strategic and tactical concepts which castles represent that the Nor- mans contributed most ...
Page 76
... Norman castles were built as temporary overnight protection for the Duke or his knight and their soldiers . However , the Normans had fewer working men at their disposal . First , the numbers involved were smaller ; the Duchy of ...
... Norman castles were built as temporary overnight protection for the Duke or his knight and their soldiers . However , the Normans had fewer working men at their disposal . First , the numbers involved were smaller ; the Duchy of ...
Page 78
... Norman garrison and dismantled the castle . William the Conqueror returned and devastated donjon derived its present name of Clifford's Tower after Edward II's victory at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322. Sir Roger Clifford , being ...
... Norman garrison and dismantled the castle . William the Conqueror returned and devastated donjon derived its present name of Clifford's Tower after Edward II's victory at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322. Sir Roger Clifford , being ...
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