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Page 40
Another early chapel , probably of the eleventh century , survives at Richmond , and Ludlow contains the fine and substantial remains of a twelfth - century chapel , particularly interesting in its circular plan , standing within the ...
Another early chapel , probably of the eleventh century , survives at Richmond , and Ludlow contains the fine and substantial remains of a twelfth - century chapel , particularly interesting in its circular plan , standing within the ...
Page 85
Here it is particularly interesting to see that , as the result of these encircling developments , the great square keep , the White Tower , which in the eleventh century must have been almost the entire strength of the castle ...
Here it is particularly interesting to see that , as the result of these encircling developments , the great square keep , the White Tower , which in the eleventh century must have been almost the entire strength of the castle ...
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A most interesting illumination in a manuscript of about the year 1326 belonging to Christ Church , Oxford ( 41 ) , is reckoned to be the earliest illustration known of an English cannon . It shows a small thing shaped like a bulbous ...
A most interesting illumination in a manuscript of about the year 1326 belonging to Christ Church , Oxford ( 41 ) , is reckoned to be the earliest illustration known of an English cannon . It shows a small thing shaped like a bulbous ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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