English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 29
... contemporary written descriptions but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest preserved in the Bayeux Tapestry shows clearly , though with some artistic license . and a charming ...
... contemporary written descriptions but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest preserved in the Bayeux Tapestry shows clearly , though with some artistic license . and a charming ...
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... contemporary descriptions quoted , nor in the Bayeux Tapestry , is there any mention or sign of the bailey , but this should be taken as an implication of the immense importance , both milita- rily and socially , of the motte in the ...
... contemporary descriptions quoted , nor in the Bayeux Tapestry , is there any mention or sign of the bailey , but this should be taken as an implication of the immense importance , both milita- rily and socially , of the motte in the ...
Page 102
... contemporary civil hall as that at Boothby Pag- nell in Lincolnshire ( p . 40 ) , while at Markenfield in York- shire a very similar little tower - house of comparable date still retains its bailey or enclosure of stone - built farm ...
... contemporary civil hall as that at Boothby Pag- nell in Lincolnshire ( p . 40 ) , while at Markenfield in York- shire a very similar little tower - house of comparable date still retains its bailey or enclosure of stone - built farm ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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