English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 33
... common knowledge . So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need travel far to find one . But when the locality is reached little help can be expected from the in- habitants of the town or village . To the question ' Where ...
... common knowledge . So numerous are the remains of early castles that few need travel far to find one . But when the locality is reached little help can be expected from the in- habitants of the town or village . To the question ' Where ...
Page 43
... common feature of the English castle both because it could most easily be added to an existing motte - and - bailey stronghold and because it was also rea- sonably cheap to construct . Nevertheless another type of keep , the tower keep ...
... common feature of the English castle both because it could most easily be added to an existing motte - and - bailey stronghold and because it was also rea- sonably cheap to construct . Nevertheless another type of keep , the tower keep ...
Page 141
... over by the torsion of the ropes acting on its lower end , and the pro- jectile was hurled towards the target . A more powerful type of stone - throwing engine was the trebuchet , brought into common use , it seems , towards the end 141.
... over by the torsion of the ropes acting on its lower end , and the pro- jectile was hurled towards the target . A more powerful type of stone - throwing engine was the trebuchet , brought into common use , it seems , towards the end 141.
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