English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 127
... Edwards as " the premium that Edward paid to insure his Welsh conquests against the fire of rebellion " , for the raising of these castles resulted from the conquest of Wales and was designed to perpetuate it . The urgency of military ...
... Edwards as " the premium that Edward paid to insure his Welsh conquests against the fire of rebellion " , for the raising of these castles resulted from the conquest of Wales and was designed to perpetuate it . The urgency of military ...
Page 135
... Edward I , are more typical of their age than the raising of such new stone castles as Orford or Château - Gaillard . Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the ...
... Edward I , are more typical of their age than the raising of such new stone castles as Orford or Château - Gaillard . Even Edward I's castles in Wales are exceptional in this sense , arising from the exceptional circumstances of the ...
Page 206
... Edward I , King of England , 61 , 76 , 79 , 83 , 90 , 126-8 , 131 , 135 , 139 , 154 , 163 , 171 , 182 , 196 , 203 ; 97 Edward II , King of England , 126 , 189 Edward III , King of England , 42 , 55 , 94 , 103 , 108 , 135 , 139 , 145 , 183 ...
... Edward I , King of England , 61 , 76 , 79 , 83 , 90 , 126-8 , 131 , 135 , 139 , 154 , 163 , 171 , 182 , 196 , 203 ; 97 Edward II , King of England , 126 , 189 Edward III , King of England , 42 , 55 , 94 , 103 , 108 , 135 , 139 , 145 , 183 ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire