English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 44
... Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Hedingham ( 10 ) we have al- ready seen to belong to the earlier twelfth century , and Colchester and the Tower of London ( 27 ) to the earliest years of the Norman Conquest . On the other hand the keeps of ...
... Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Hedingham ( 10 ) we have al- ready seen to belong to the earlier twelfth century , and Colchester and the Tower of London ( 27 ) to the earliest years of the Norman Conquest . On the other hand the keeps of ...
Page 45
... Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Rising ( 8 ) . The strength of such keeps lay principally in their solid- ity . Their walls of solid masonry , constructed of rag stone or rubble encased , save in a few early instances , with outer faces of ...
... Rochester ( 9 ) and Castle Rising ( 8 ) . The strength of such keeps lay principally in their solid- ity . Their walls of solid masonry , constructed of rag stone or rubble encased , save in a few early instances , with outer faces of ...
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... Rochester during the siege , King John or- dered the Lady Nichola de la Haye - hereditary custodian of Lincoln , whose sex did not prevent her from heroically defending her charge against the rebels at a later date — to receive into her ...
... Rochester during the siege , King John or- dered the Lady Nichola de la Haye - hereditary custodian of Lincoln , whose sex did not prevent her from heroically defending her charge against the rebels at a later date — to receive into her ...
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