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In all , it has been estimated that Edward I spent upon the building of his eight Welsh castles some £ 80,000 in twenty - five years , and even this figure does not represent the final bill , for at Beaumaris and Carnarvon work ...
In all , it has been estimated that Edward I spent upon the building of his eight Welsh castles some £ 80,000 in twenty - five years , and even this figure does not represent the final bill , for at Beaumaris and Carnarvon work ...
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Amongst the great companies of men assembled by one means and another to work King Edward's will in Wales , we see again the same general categories of craftsmen and workmen made familiar by the accounts for ChâteauGaillard a century ...
Amongst the great companies of men assembled by one means and another to work King Edward's will in Wales , we see again the same general categories of craftsmen and workmen made familiar by the accounts for ChâteauGaillard a century ...
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Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory .
Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory .
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| Title | English Castles Volume 21 of Batsford paperbacks |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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