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We ought finally to look at one or two of these building - works of the later Middle Ages which , though increasingly concentrated upon domestic amenities , are not thereby necessarily smaller in scale or lacking in interest .
We ought finally to look at one or two of these building - works of the later Middle Ages which , though increasingly concentrated upon domestic amenities , are not thereby necessarily smaller in scale or lacking in interest .
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To think of these things broadens the cloistered view , seen through a stained - glass window darkly , of the Middle Ages as simply the ' Age of Faith ' , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages ...
To think of these things broadens the cloistered view , seen through a stained - glass window darkly , of the Middle Ages as simply the ' Age of Faith ' , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages ...
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Rebellion , in short , attained in the later Middle Ages to the dignity of civil war . Economic and social changes also were at work to render the castle obsolete . The growth of trade and industry swelled the ranks of the middle ...
Rebellion , in short , attained in the later Middle Ages to the dignity of civil war . Economic and social changes also were at work to render the castle obsolete . The growth of trade and industry swelled the ranks of the middle ...
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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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