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The medieval castle developed in direct response to medieval siege - craft , and rapidly achieved a supremacy of defence over attack within the necessary limits of human endurance and the adequate provision of supplies .
The medieval castle developed in direct response to medieval siege - craft , and rapidly achieved a supremacy of defence over attack within the necessary limits of human endurance and the adequate provision of supplies .
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The importance of the castle moat , wet or dry but preferably wet and as broad as possible , against all forms of attack is selfevident . Half the art of castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed , in ...
The importance of the castle moat , wet or dry but preferably wet and as broad as possible , against all forms of attack is selfevident . Half the art of castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed , in ...
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Based upon the castle , and more or less secure within it from all but a full - scale attack , the small force of the garrison could ... to devastate the lands of the.r enemies , or to launch attacks on marauding and hostile forces .
Based upon the castle , and more or less secure within it from all but a full - scale attack , the small force of the garrison could ... to devastate the lands of the.r enemies , or to launch attacks on marauding and hostile forces .
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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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