English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 60
... thirteenth centuries must not be underestimated . They were formidable ... century , certainly affords a vivid impres- sion of the strength of the best ... thirteenth century first - class fortresses . Kenilworth , to take a case in point ...
... thirteenth centuries must not be underestimated . They were formidable ... century , certainly affords a vivid impres- sion of the strength of the best ... thirteenth century first - class fortresses . Kenilworth , to take a case in point ...
Page 67
... century , were soon applied to mural towers . In the thirteenth century they reach their finest and final development in the circular drum towers , well displayed at Conway ( p.77 ) ... thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , as in all 5 * 67.
... century , were soon applied to mural towers . In the thirteenth century they reach their finest and final development in the circular drum towers , well displayed at Conway ( p.77 ) ... thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , as in all 5 * 67.
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... century , and whose once fine series of domestic buildings within the inner bailey date from the reign of John , received the curtain walls of its middle bailey to the west and its outer bailey to the south and east in the thirteenth ...
... century , and whose once fine series of domestic buildings within the inner bailey date from the reign of John , received the curtain walls of its middle bailey to the west and its outer bailey to the south and east in the thirteenth ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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