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One or more shallow pilaster buttresses also generally run up the faces of the tower between the angles , as may be seen , for example , at Rochester . The window openings , where the original arrangements have not suffered later ...
One or more shallow pilaster buttresses also generally run up the faces of the tower between the angles , as may be seen , for example , at Rochester . The window openings , where the original arrangements have not suffered later ...
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There are few more dramatic examples of the devastating effect of the mine in this country than King John's use of it at Rochester in 1215. Having taken the bailey of the castle , John found himself held up by the massive strength of ...
There are few more dramatic examples of the devastating effect of the mine in this country than King John's use of it at Rochester in 1215. Having taken the bailey of the castle , John found himself held up by the massive strength of ...
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The siege of Rochester Castle in the autumn and early winter of 1215 , conducted by King John against a baronial garrison , was the greatest single military event in the civil war which ended that king's reign and which also produced ...
The siege of Rochester Castle in the autumn and early winter of 1215 , conducted by King John against a baronial garrison , was the greatest single military event in the civil war which ended that king's reign and which also produced ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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| Title | English Medieval Castles |
| Author | Reginald Allen Brown |
| Publisher | Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 208 pages |
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