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Thus the mound at York continued to be crowned with a timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 15 ) was built by Henry III between 1245 and 1272. Until at least the early years of the thirteenth century strongholds of ...
Thus the mound at York continued to be crowned with a timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 15 ) was built by Henry III between 1245 and 1272. Until at least the early years of the thirteenth century strongholds of ...
Page 44
... Caldicott or Launceston , in their improved cylindrical shape , belong to the thirteenth century , while to the very end of the castle's active history rectangular tower keeps , or something very like them , continued to be built .
... Caldicott or Launceston , in their improved cylindrical shape , belong to the thirteenth century , while to the very end of the castle's active history rectangular tower keeps , or something very like them , continued to be built .
Page 197
... its importance in war and peace long continued , augmented no doubt by long - established outlook and habit - just as the traditions of a military aristocracy continued to demand a facade of martial splendour upon their new houses .
... its importance in war and peace long continued , augmented no doubt by long - established outlook and habit - just as the traditions of a military aristocracy continued to demand a facade of martial splendour upon their new houses .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Castles Volume 21 of Batsford paperbacks |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | B. T. Batsford, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 207 pages |
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