English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... castle still comprised two distinct component parts , the larger enclosure of the bailey , and the citadel , now the keep . Wherever the keep stood within the castle , and whatever its type , shell or tower , square tower or round tower ...
... castle still comprised two distinct component parts , the larger enclosure of the bailey , and the citadel , now the keep . Wherever the keep stood within the castle , and whatever its type , shell or tower , square tower or round tower ...
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... castle as Henry left it must have been typical enough of the keep- and - bailey castles then in vogue . The building of Orford began probably in 1165 , for on the Pipe Roll of 1165-6 there occur for the first time entries ' in the work ...
... castle as Henry left it must have been typical enough of the keep- and - bailey castles then in vogue . The building of Orford began probably in 1165 , for on the Pipe Roll of 1165-6 there occur for the first time entries ' in the work ...
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Reginald Allen Brown. The Castle in War THE military rôle of the castle is the most obvious , the most romantic , and basically the most important . Though the medieval castle was always a residence no less than a for- tress , and though ...
Reginald Allen Brown. The Castle in War THE military rôle of the castle is the most obvious , the most romantic , and basically the most important . Though the medieval castle was always a residence no less than a for- tress , and though ...
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