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less than skill , in every phase of its preparation . Finally , since the text . carries no system of footnotes , I can only express a general obligation to all those whose work I have read and used in writing it .
less than skill , in every phase of its preparation . Finally , since the text . carries no system of footnotes , I can only express a general obligation to all those whose work I have read and used in writing it .
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The techniques of military architecture , if they did not remain entirely stationary , were applied more and more diffusely and eventually less and less frequently . Generally speaking , from the latter half of the fourteenth century ...
The techniques of military architecture , if they did not remain entirely stationary , were applied more and more diffusely and eventually less and less frequently . Generally speaking , from the latter half of the fourteenth century ...
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out the realm became less necessary also . It is , again , a striking fact that ' between the Norman Conquest and the accession of Edward I ( 1272 ) there were only two periods when general peace was maintained in England for thirty ...
out the realm became less necessary also . It is , again , a striking fact that ' between the Norman Conquest and the accession of Edward I ( 1272 ) there were only two periods when general peace was maintained in England for thirty ...
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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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