English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 17
... fortifications of almost every race and generation dwelling therein , not excluding our own . Seen against this background , the castle is but one form of fortification , and in attempting to write of its history we must begin by de ...
... fortifications of almost every race and generation dwelling therein , not excluding our own . Seen against this background , the castle is but one form of fortification , and in attempting to write of its history we must begin by de ...
Page 91
... fortification in aggressively concentrating its main strength in a powerful and well - machicolated gate- house . Elsewhere , northern fortification in the later Middle Ages shows a remarkable conservatism . Etal in Northum- berland ...
... fortification in aggressively concentrating its main strength in a powerful and well - machicolated gate- house . Elsewhere , northern fortification in the later Middle Ages shows a remarkable conservatism . Etal in Northum- berland ...
Page 93
... fortification , was quite out of the question , and scarcely necessary for the type of small - scale warfare in which they were involved . The most obvious , simplest and least expensive form of fortified dwelling , on the other hand ...
... fortification , was quite out of the question , and scarcely necessary for the type of small - scale warfare in which they were involved . The most obvious , simplest and least expensive form of fortified dwelling , on the other hand ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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