English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... importance of the castle in medieval life and society demands some explanation of why that importance came eventually to decline . The geographical purview of this book is confined to England and Wales , for Scotland , by virtue of its ...
... importance of the castle in medieval life and society demands some explanation of why that importance came eventually to decline . The geographical purview of this book is confined to England and Wales , for Scotland , by virtue of its ...
Page 90
... importance , and its own direct effects upon castle architecture , which is here our concern , were in this country slight . The unique feature of the castle from the beginning had been that it was both a residence and a fortress . The ...
... importance , and its own direct effects upon castle architecture , which is here our concern , were in this country slight . The unique feature of the castle from the beginning had been that it was both a residence and a fortress . The ...
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... importance in the life and society of the Middle Ages . And , finally , we must attempt to explain how it was that this importance eventually declined . But at the outset it must again be emphasised that so little work has yet been done ...
... importance in the life and society of the Middle Ages . And , finally , we must attempt to explain how it was that this importance eventually declined . But at the outset it must again be emphasised that so little work has yet been done ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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