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Perhaps the most striking development in the evolution of the English castle was the change from the stronghold of earthwork and timber to the fortress of stone . The type of early castle which we examined in the last chapter was by no ...
Perhaps the most striking development in the evolution of the English castle was the change from the stronghold of earthwork and timber to the fortress of stone . The type of early castle which we examined in the last chapter was by no ...
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83 ; 20 ) , the fortress of the greatest subject of the Crown , the Clare earl of Hertford and Gloucester . Perhaps the finest of the castles as it is the largest in overall extent , antedating the Edwardian castles which it may well ...
83 ; 20 ) , the fortress of the greatest subject of the Crown , the Clare earl of Hertford and Gloucester . Perhaps the finest of the castles as it is the largest in overall extent , antedating the Edwardian castles which it may well ...
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... though less regular , concentric fortress , the great keep and inner bailey being surrounded and flanked by the sweeping outer curtain , with its long series of mural towers , and the striking and powerful Constable's Gate built to ...
... though less regular , concentric fortress , the great keep and inner bailey being surrounded and flanked by the sweeping outer curtain , with its long series of mural towers , and the striking and powerful Constable's Gate built to ...
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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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