English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 28
... Bayeux Tapestry shows clearly , though with some artistic licence and a charming lack of perspective and proportion , the towered and palisaded mounds of the castles at Dol , Rennes , Dinan and Bayeux in Normandy , and shows also the ...
... Bayeux Tapestry shows clearly , though with some artistic licence and a charming lack of perspective and proportion , the towered and palisaded mounds of the castles at Dol , Rennes , Dinan and Bayeux in Normandy , and shows also the ...
Page 117
... Bayeux tapestry vigorously portrays a scene that must have been enacted all over England with the coming of the Normans , in its representation of the raising of the castle at Hastings in 1066 ( 12 ) . A number of labourers are busily ...
... Bayeux tapestry vigorously portrays a scene that must have been enacted all over England with the coming of the Normans , in its representation of the raising of the castle at Hastings in 1066 ( 12 ) . A number of labourers are busily ...
Page 205
... Bayeux , Normandy , 28 43 Brinklow , 25 Bronllys , keep of , 53 Brough , 167 , 169–70 — , siege of , 167 , 169 - tower keep of , 43 , 169 Bungay , 193 — , keep of , 161 Burh , 17-18 Bywell , 90 Bayeux Tapestry , 28 , 32 , 41 , Builth ...
... Bayeux , Normandy , 28 43 Brinklow , 25 Bronllys , keep of , 53 Brough , 167 , 169–70 — , siege of , 167 , 169 - tower keep of , 43 , 169 Bungay , 193 — , keep of , 161 Burh , 17-18 Bywell , 90 Bayeux Tapestry , 28 , 32 , 41 , Builth ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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