Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... royal castles , putting a royal constable in charge of each . This officer was responsible for maintaining the fabric of the place , garrisoning it with properly trained sol- diery , equipping it with arms , armour and weap- ons of ...
... royal castles , putting a royal constable in charge of each . This officer was responsible for maintaining the fabric of the place , garrisoning it with properly trained sol- diery , equipping it with arms , armour and weap- ons of ...
Page 76
... royal castle as its adminis- trative headquarters . . . ... The feudal system varied somewhat from country to country and from age to age , but all medieval kings never lacked problems with their barons and problems with the Church ...
... royal castle as its adminis- trative headquarters . . . ... The feudal system varied somewhat from country to country and from age to age , but all medieval kings never lacked problems with their barons and problems with the Church ...
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... royal power over areas where the king's writ had previously been weak , and it enabled crusading barons like Simon de Montfort to amass great wealth . Thousands of alleged Albigenses were slaughtered - ' Kill them all ! God will know ...
... royal power over areas where the king's writ had previously been weak , and it enabled crusading barons like Simon de Montfort to amass great wealth . Thousands of alleged Albigenses were slaughtered - ' Kill them all ! God will know ...
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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