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In the later chapters , however , dealing with history as opposed to architecture , there may also be observed a certain bias towards the earlier Middle Ages of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . In part this bias results from ...
In the later chapters , however , dealing with history as opposed to architecture , there may also be observed a certain bias towards the earlier Middle Ages of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . In part this bias results from ...
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Thus the plan of Bodiam is found , but with varying degree of declining strength , at the slightly earlier Maxstoke in Warwickshire ( c . 1345 ) , at Shirburn in Oxfordshire ( c . 1380 ) , at Wingfield in Suffolk ( c .
Thus the plan of Bodiam is found , but with varying degree of declining strength , at the slightly earlier Maxstoke in Warwickshire ( c . 1345 ) , at Shirburn in Oxfordshire ( c . 1380 ) , at Wingfield in Suffolk ( c .
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1385 , or the gatehouse at Carisbrooke ( 18 ) remodelled by Richard II in 1380 , and it is worth noticing that cannon , like the earlier engines , were used as much for the defence of castles as for attacks upon them .
1385 , or the gatehouse at Carisbrooke ( 18 ) remodelled by Richard II in 1380 , and it is worth noticing that cannon , like the earlier engines , were used as much for the defence of castles as for attacks upon them .
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| 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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