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Page 93
They were raised all over the northern counties ( and on the other side of the border in southern Scotland ) by lesser gentry who had not hitherto felt the need to live in castles , to meet the new conditions of increased border warfare ...
They were raised all over the northern counties ( and on the other side of the border in southern Scotland ) by lesser gentry who had not hitherto felt the need to live in castles , to meet the new conditions of increased border warfare ...
Page 143
Gunpowder , the ' villainous salt petre ' of Hotspur's mincing courtier , appears to have been first introduced into English warfare in the first half of the fourteenth century , and cannon are said to have been used against the Scots ...
Gunpowder , the ' villainous salt petre ' of Hotspur's mincing courtier , appears to have been first introduced into English warfare in the first half of the fourteenth century , and cannon are said to have been used against the Scots ...
Page 193
The chief reason appears to be the slow decline in its military importance from the late fourteenth century onwards , and the immediate cause of this in turn to be the changing character of warfare . In the military sphere we have ...
The chief reason appears to be the slow decline in its military importance from the late fourteenth century onwards , and the immediate cause of this in turn to be the changing character of warfare . In the military sphere we have ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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