Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... houses at Nyboder in Copenhagen are early examples of the concern of state and civic authorities for the welfare of the people in their charge . Those which were still standing in 1866-93 were rebuilt and modernised . One is now a ...
... houses at Nyboder in Copenhagen are early examples of the concern of state and civic authorities for the welfare of the people in their charge . Those which were still standing in 1866-93 were rebuilt and modernised . One is now a ...
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... houses of stone and wood for nobles , priests , warriors , poets and artisans . The royal palace ( a complex of state chambers , public rooms and store- houses ) , sacred enclosure and tombs ( so full of precious funerary objects that ...
... houses of stone and wood for nobles , priests , warriors , poets and artisans . The royal palace ( a complex of state chambers , public rooms and store- houses ) , sacred enclosure and tombs ( so full of precious funerary objects that ...
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... houses spread out beyond the protec- tion of the city walls , while villas were completely out in the country . In due course , the villa - a self - contained agricultural productive unit comprising master's house , labourers ...
... houses spread out beyond the protec- tion of the city walls , while villas were completely out in the country . In due course , the villa - a self - contained agricultural productive unit comprising master's house , labourers ...
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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