Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... refuge of the common people ; usually they are portrayed as the private domain or secret lair of some powerful being ... refuges for the common people , but that is not their primary function . In most ages the common people have been ...
... refuge of the common people ; usually they are portrayed as the private domain or secret lair of some powerful being ... refuges for the common people , but that is not their primary function . In most ages the common people have been ...
Page 37
... refuge for frightened people ; it was also the King of Israel's northern base of operations as shown by another development there . This was the construction of stables for horses which had been introduced in the reign of Solomon to ...
... refuge for frightened people ; it was also the King of Israel's northern base of operations as shown by another development there . This was the construction of stables for horses which had been introduced in the reign of Solomon to ...
Page 69
... refuges rather than strongholds . Built of mortared stone and presenting an occasional window - slit to the outside ... refuge function ; some were fortified church buildings , where the local townsfolk could shelter until the lord to ...
... refuges rather than strongholds . Built of mortared stone and presenting an occasional window - slit to the outside ... refuge function ; some were fortified church buildings , where the local townsfolk could shelter until the lord to ...
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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