Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... became uncertain , local communities began to hoard grain , and the central government found it increasingly ... became a permanent feature of the British landscape . Favoured sites , which had been occupied intermittently from the ...
... became uncertain , local communities began to hoard grain , and the central government found it increasingly ... became a permanent feature of the British landscape . Favoured sites , which had been occupied intermittently from the ...
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... became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements within monasticism and by his own personal ambitions , his zeal for Church reformation became an attack on the Holy Roman Emperor . The point at issue was the question of which ...
... became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements within monasticism and by his own personal ambitions , his zeal for Church reformation became an attack on the Holy Roman Emperor . The point at issue was the question of which ...
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... became of greater significance , isolated shell- holes and machine - gun bunkers with overlap- ping fields of fire often taking the place of continuous trenches . The Germans , in particular , became expert in siting and constructing ...
... became of greater significance , isolated shell- holes and machine - gun bunkers with overlap- ping fields of fire often taking the place of continuous trenches . The Germans , in particular , became expert in siting and constructing ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden