English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 153
... garrison , including twenty - six knights , twenty men - at - arms , seven crossbowmen and a chaplain . Some of the ... garrison were quite small , and the military importance of the castle was out of all proportion to the number of men ...
... garrison , including twenty - six knights , twenty men - at - arms , seven crossbowmen and a chaplain . Some of the ... garrison were quite small , and the military importance of the castle was out of all proportion to the number of men ...
Page 156
Reginald Allen Brown. the garrison made repeatedly successful attacks upon the enemy's lines which caused much damage and loss of life among the royalists . The medieval garrison often contained a high proportion of cavalrymen , knights ...
Reginald Allen Brown. the garrison made repeatedly successful attacks upon the enemy's lines which caused much damage and loss of life among the royalists . The medieval garrison often contained a high proportion of cavalrymen , knights ...
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... garrison were hanged . The garrison of Kenilworth , who had given far greater trouble to the royal forces besieging them , eventually agreed to a truce , and when the term was up were allowed to with- draw with honour . It may be that ...
... garrison were hanged . The garrison of Kenilworth , who had given far greater trouble to the royal forces besieging them , eventually agreed to a truce , and when the term was up were allowed to with- draw with honour . It may be that ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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