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Orford keep , raised by Henry II between 1165 and 1173 , is cylindrical inside but polygonal outside , the whole being strengthened and supported by three great buttress towers built against every fifth outer face .
Orford keep , raised by Henry II between 1165 and 1173 , is cylindrical inside but polygonal outside , the whole being strengthened and supported by three great buttress towers built against every fifth outer face .
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The average annual income of King Henry II , which means in practice the revenue of the then English government , has been reckoned as perhaps some £ 20,000 . An American historian , Professor Sid . ney Painter , recently calculated the ...
The average annual income of King Henry II , which means in practice the revenue of the then English government , has been reckoned as perhaps some £ 20,000 . An American historian , Professor Sid . ney Painter , recently calculated the ...
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all , so far as we are able to compute it , it is probable that about a third of the total heavy building expenditure upon Windsor in Henry's reign was devoted to its residential quarters — and this , it may be noted , at a time when ...
all , so far as we are able to compute it , it is probable that about a third of the total heavy building expenditure upon Windsor in Henry's reign was devoted to its residential quarters — and this , it may be noted , at a time when ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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