English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... chronicler Matthew Paris gave it . Other English castles which we know from the evidence of the Pipe Rolls to have been the objects of heavy royal expenditure — the Tower of London , Scarborough , Corfe , Nottingham , Or- ford ...
... chronicler Matthew Paris gave it . Other English castles which we know from the evidence of the Pipe Rolls to have been the objects of heavy royal expenditure — the Tower of London , Scarborough , Corfe , Nottingham , Or- ford ...
Page 122
... chronicler William of Newburgh tells the story of how , when in May 1198 the king , as was his custom , was inspecting and urging on the work , a shower of blood fell from the sky . The king's companions were much alarmed by what they ...
... chronicler William of Newburgh tells the story of how , when in May 1198 the king , as was his custom , was inspecting and urging on the work , a shower of blood fell from the sky . The king's companions were much alarmed by what they ...
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... chroniclers not always well versed in military matters , give to the whole subject a romantic sounding confusion . Thus the movable penthouse shelter- ing ram or bore may be called a ' tortoise ' or ' cat ' from its slow or stealthy ...
... chroniclers not always well versed in military matters , give to the whole subject a romantic sounding confusion . Thus the movable penthouse shelter- ing ram or bore may be called a ' tortoise ' or ' cat ' from its slow or stealthy ...
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