English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 60
... strength of the completed keep - and - bailey castles of the later twelfth and early thirteenth centuries must not be underestimated . They were formidable fortresses and their tower keeps in par- ticular were a near - perfect answer to ...
... strength of the completed keep - and - bailey castles of the later twelfth and early thirteenth centuries must not be underestimated . They were formidable fortresses and their tower keeps in par- ticular were a near - perfect answer to ...
Page 73
... strength was provided by the single circuit of its towered walls ( pp . 75 , 77 ; 21 , 22 ) . Both , it may be noted ... strength of the castle . At Conway drum towers are used , still pleasingly dramatic in the sheer strength of their ...
... strength was provided by the single circuit of its towered walls ( pp . 75 , 77 ; 21 , 22 ) . Both , it may be noted ... strength of the castle . At Conway drum towers are used , still pleasingly dramatic in the sheer strength of their ...
Page 108
... strength and comfort together into a small space . The tower - houses of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , however , show generally the same growing su- premacy of comfort over strength characteristic of other military ...
... strength and comfort together into a small space . The tower - houses of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , however , show generally the same growing su- premacy of comfort over strength characteristic of other military ...
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