English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 36
... concentrated in the second half of the twelfth century . Then , for example , the surviving series of the Pipe Rolls , the annual rolls of the Exchequer which record the greater part of royal expenditure , show the king each year ...
... concentrated in the second half of the twelfth century . Then , for example , the surviving series of the Pipe Rolls , the annual rolls of the Exchequer which record the greater part of royal expenditure , show the king each year ...
Page 118
... concentrated in the spring , summer and autumn , and slacking off greatly during the winter months . Orford was a great castle , important to the king , and incorporating a tower keep of very advanced design , yet it is interesting to ...
... concentrated in the spring , summer and autumn , and slacking off greatly during the winter months . Orford was a great castle , important to the king , and incorporating a tower keep of very advanced design , yet it is interesting to ...
Page 151
... concentrated upon sharp angles , though to some extent also it represents an attempt to deflect the hurtling rocks from mangonel and trebuchet . The fact that the besiegers so often concentrated their re- sources upon the castle gate ...
... concentrated upon sharp angles , though to some extent also it represents an attempt to deflect the hurtling rocks from mangonel and trebuchet . The fact that the besiegers so often concentrated their re- sources upon the castle gate ...
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