English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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... reign castles were raised in large num- bers by both the king and his magnates . The process was continued under his immediate successors , and was accele- rated in the troubled reign of Stephen ( 1135-54 ) when , in the words of the ...
... reign castles were raised in large num- bers by both the king and his magnates . The process was continued under his immediate successors , and was accele- rated in the troubled reign of Stephen ( 1135-54 ) when , in the words of the ...
Page 159
... reign , the shattered gateway was blocked up and heavily reforti- fied , and a new main entrance made which is the present Constable's Gate . The siege of Bedford Castle in 1224 we may describe in greater detail , for it provides a ...
... reign , the shattered gateway was blocked up and heavily reforti- fied , and a new main entrance made which is the present Constable's Gate . The siege of Bedford Castle in 1224 we may describe in greater detail , for it provides a ...
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... reign was devoted to its residential quarters and this , it may be noted , at a time when the English castle was at the height of its military importance . At Winchester at the same time the Pipe Rolls , amongst continuous entries of ...
... reign was devoted to its residential quarters and this , it may be noted , at a time when the English castle was at the height of its military importance . At Winchester at the same time the Pipe Rolls , amongst continuous entries of ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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amongst attack barbican Beaumaris Bedford Bodiam Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover earl early earthwork Edward England English castles English Medieval Castles entrance example flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey inner ward keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe knights labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised records reign residence residential Rhuddlan Rochester rôle round royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber tower keep Tower of London tower-house tury twelfth century walls warfare whole William Windsor