Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... continued during the reign of his son , Edward I. Subsequent monarchs made appro- priate alterations to maintain the Tower's effec- tiveness as a royal military stronghold . The main residential and defensive building in a Norman ...
... continued during the reign of his son , Edward I. Subsequent monarchs made appro- priate alterations to maintain the Tower's effec- tiveness as a royal military stronghold . The main residential and defensive building in a Norman ...
Page 87
... continued to exist as a viable political unit , stable and comparatively peaceful . Only on the remotest fringes was there any need for towers of refuge . But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements ...
... continued to exist as a viable political unit , stable and comparatively peaceful . Only on the remotest fringes was there any need for towers of refuge . But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements ...
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... continued in the last year of the reign of Mary Tudor ( 1558 ) and completed under Eliza- beth I. These fortifications were located at Berwick - upon - Tweed , the English bridgehead on the Scottish side of the border - river . The ...
... continued in the last year of the reign of Mary Tudor ( 1558 ) and completed under Eliza- beth I. These fortifications were located at Berwick - upon - Tweed , the English bridgehead on the Scottish side of the border - river . The ...
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