English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 39
... chapel appears often to have been the first building in the castle to have achieved the dignity of stone . One of the earliest surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 44 ) , recently and excel ...
... chapel appears often to have been the first building in the castle to have achieved the dignity of stone . One of the earliest surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 44 ) , recently and excel ...
Page 51
... chapel was also essential to a garrison cut off in war , and in peace was a convenient place of private worship for the lord and his family residing in the keep . At the Tower of London ( 27 ) and at Col- chester spacious chapels were ...
... chapel was also essential to a garrison cut off in war , and in peace was a convenient place of private worship for the lord and his family residing in the keep . At the Tower of London ( 27 ) and at Col- chester spacious chapels were ...
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... chapel of St. George , which in turn replaced Edward III's chapel a century later . The second part of the work , which began about 1355 and continued until the king's death in 1377 , chiefly comprised the extensive rebuilding of the ...
... chapel of St. George , which in turn replaced Edward III's chapel a century later . The second part of the work , which began about 1355 and continued until the king's death in 1377 , chiefly comprised the extensive rebuilding of the ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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