English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 100
... fourteenth century onwards , as the military importance of the castle declines , so castle - building shows an increasing concentration on domestic amenities at the expense of fortification . The change is seen at once , and is the more ...
... fourteenth century onwards , as the military importance of the castle declines , so castle - building shows an increasing concentration on domestic amenities at the expense of fortification . The change is seen at once , and is the more ...
Page 105
... fourteenth century . It is an even stronger proof of the declining military importance of the castle that they , no less than the new buildings of the period , show in their development or perhaps we should say in their decline- during ...
... fourteenth century . It is an even stronger proof of the declining military importance of the castle that they , no less than the new buildings of the period , show in their development or perhaps we should say in their decline- during ...
Page 107
... fourteenth and fifteenth centuries we still find at times the tower keep , or something very like it . One of the most striking exam- ples of such a building added in this period to an existing castle occurs at Warkworth . There ...
... fourteenth and fifteenth centuries we still find at times the tower keep , or something very like it . One of the most striking exam- ples of such a building added in this period to an existing castle occurs at Warkworth . There ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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