English Castles, Volume 22B. T. Batsford, 1962 - 207 pages |
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Page 93
... warfare and insecurity . For them the large , elaborate and vastly expensive structure of a major castle , built in accordance with the most advanced prin- ciples of fortification , was quite out of the question , and scarcely necessary ...
... warfare and insecurity . For them the large , elaborate and vastly expensive structure of a major castle , built in accordance with the most advanced prin- ciples of fortification , was quite out of the question , and scarcely necessary ...
Page 143
... warfare in the first half of the fourteenth century , and cannon are said to have been used against the Scots in the first year of the reign of King Edward III ( 1327-77 ) . Our immediate concern is with the use of ord- nance in siege ...
... warfare in the first half of the fourteenth century , and cannon are said to have been used against the Scots in the first year of the reign of King Edward III ( 1327-77 ) . Our immediate concern is with the use of ord- nance in siege ...
Page 193
... warfare , which , waged by larger and more professional armies , became increas- ingly a matter of battles in the field , and turned in conse- quence less and less upon the castle . It may be also that within this wider change in the ...
... warfare , which , waged by larger and more professional armies , became increas- ingly a matter of battles in the field , and turned in conse- quence less and less upon the castle . It may be also that within this wider change in the ...
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 11 |
Introduction | 17 |
Early Stone Castles 35 336 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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