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In England the castle was introduced by the Normans , who established also in their new kingdom a highly developed form of feudal society which , controlled by the king , the lord of lords , and his powerful central government ...
In England the castle was introduced by the Normans , who established also in their new kingdom a highly developed form of feudal society which , controlled by the king , the lord of lords , and his powerful central government ...
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... in being principally solid gun emplacements , and they reflect the changed political structure of the kingdom in being exclusively royal , or in other and more modern terms , forts raised by the government for national defence .
... in being principally solid gun emplacements , and they reflect the changed political structure of the kingdom in being exclusively royal , or in other and more modern terms , forts raised by the government for national defence .
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They are to some extent inevitably concentrated on the borders of the medieval kingdom , in the far north towards Scotland , along the south - eastern coast towards the Continent , and especially in the broad district of the Welsh ...
They are to some extent inevitably concentrated on the borders of the medieval kingdom , in the far north towards Scotland , along the south - eastern coast towards the Continent , and especially in the broad district of the Welsh ...
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