English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 125
... Château - Gaillard ( Figs . 31 , 68 ) , as the finest contemporary castle in Western Christendom , and one raised by a King of England in what were then his dominions , would demand our attention even if the amount of surviving evidence ...
... Château - Gaillard ( Figs . 31 , 68 ) , as the finest contemporary castle in Western Christendom , and one raised by a King of England in what were then his dominions , would demand our attention even if the amount of surviving evidence ...
Page 126
... Château - Gaillard , though the royal architect , happily perhaps , did not live to see that day . Great as was the cost and great the finished strength of Dover and Château - Gaillard in the late twelfth century , both are surpassed ...
... Château - Gaillard , though the royal architect , happily perhaps , did not live to see that day . Great as was the cost and great the finished strength of Dover and Château - Gaillard in the late twelfth century , both are surpassed ...
Page 127
... Château- Gaillard , lies behind the speed with which the work was in the main carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years ...
... Château- Gaillard , lies behind the speed with which the work was in the main carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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