English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 22
... Normans , and the history of the English castle begins to all intents and purposes with that ' memorable ' date , 1066. The very few castles which are known to have existed before the Norman Conquest Hereford , Richard's Castle and ...
... Normans , and the history of the English castle begins to all intents and purposes with that ' memorable ' date , 1066. The very few castles which are known to have existed before the Norman Conquest Hereford , Richard's Castle and ...
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... Norman conquer- ors of England . Of these early Norman castles of earth and timber we have not only contemporary written descriptions but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest ...
... Norman conquer- ors of England . Of these early Norman castles of earth and timber we have not only contemporary written descriptions but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest ...
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... Norman incursions into Scotland and into Wales . They were raised also in every part of the country and in every shire , for where a great man had lands which he wished to visit , there as like as not he built a castle as his fortified ...
... Norman incursions into Scotland and into Wales . They were raised also in every part of the country and in every shire , for where a great man had lands which he wished to visit , there as like as not he built a castle as his fortified ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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amongst attack barbican Beaumaris Bedford Bodiam Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover earl early earthwork Edward England English castles English Medieval Castles entrance example flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey inner ward keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe knights labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised records reign residence residential Rhuddlan Rochester rôle round royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber tower keep Tower of London tower-house tury twelfth century walls warfare whole William Windsor