English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 127
... Middle Ages the baron- age was no less active in castle - building than the Crown . Indeed , the realisation that in the medieval English state private castles commonly outnumbered royal , and not in- frequently rivalled them in ...
... Middle Ages the baron- age was no less active in castle - building than the Crown . Indeed , the realisation that in the medieval English state private castles commonly outnumbered royal , and not in- frequently rivalled them in ...
Page 136
... Middle Ages as simply the ' Age of Faith ' , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages , while the study of medieval building as a whole drives from the mind any lingering association of the Middle Ages ...
... Middle Ages as simply the ' Age of Faith ' , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages , while the study of medieval building as a whole drives from the mind any lingering association of the Middle Ages ...
Page 196
... 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 swel- led the ranks of the middle classes who did not live in castles . Thomas ...
... 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 swel- led the ranks of the middle classes who did not live in castles . Thomas ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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