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the present century . Learned ignorance and popular fancy combined to produce that unhappy state of affairs in which ' one earthwork was as good as another ' . So great was the confusion that a vast British earthwork in Dorset has ...
the present century . Learned ignorance and popular fancy combined to produce that unhappy state of affairs in which ' one earthwork was as good as another ' . So great was the confusion that a vast British earthwork in Dorset has ...
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... saw the enlargement of the hall by Bishop Hatfield ( 1345–1381 ) , and , of his successors in the see , Bishop Fox ( 1494–1501 ) built the enormous kitchen , still in use , and Bishop Tunstall ( 1530–59 ) added the present chapel .
... saw the enlargement of the hall by Bishop Hatfield ( 1345–1381 ) , and , of his successors in the see , Bishop Fox ( 1494–1501 ) built the enormous kitchen , still in use , and Bishop Tunstall ( 1530–59 ) added the present chapel .
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On the whole it is not common to find the lord of the castle present at time of siege , partly perhaps because it was thought more honourable to fight in the field , and partly for somewhat less honourable reasons .
On the whole it is not common to find the lord of the castle present at time of siege , partly perhaps because it was thought more honourable to fight in the field , and partly for somewhat less honourable reasons .
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| 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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