English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 23
... raised castles at Warwick , Nottingham , York , Lincoln , Cambridge and Huntingdon . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle tells how , in February 1067 , the victorious and newly crowned king crossed the Channel to visit his duchy of Normandy ...
... raised castles at Warwick , Nottingham , York , Lincoln , Cambridge and Huntingdon . The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle tells how , in February 1067 , the victorious and newly crowned king crossed the Channel to visit his duchy of Normandy ...
Page 124
... raised in the eight and a half years from 1277 to 1286 , Harlech in the seven and a half years 1283-1290 , Builth in the five and a half years 1277-1282 , and Rhuddlan ( p . 82 ) in four and a half years between the same dates . Most ...
... raised in the eight and a half years from 1277 to 1286 , Harlech in the seven and a half years 1283-1290 , Builth in the five and a half years 1277-1282 , and Rhuddlan ( p . 82 ) in four and a half years between the same dates . Most ...
Page 172
... raised a large force from his garrisons and proceeded to devastate the lands of the leading rebel magnates in East Anglia . ( The plan worked and the siege of Windsor at least was raised . ) Royal letters probably referring to this ...
... raised a large force from his garrisons and proceeded to devastate the lands of the leading rebel magnates in East Anglia . ( The plan worked and the siege of Windsor at least was raised . ) Royal letters probably referring to this ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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