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The advent of the stone castle itself meant usually the piecemeal addition of stone walls and buildings to motte - and- bailey strongholds , and thereafter such great works of improvement as were carried out at Windsor , Scarborough or ...
The advent of the stone castle itself meant usually the piecemeal addition of stone walls and buildings to motte - and- bailey strongholds , and thereafter such great works of improvement as were carried out at Windsor , Scarborough or ...
Page 136
We may note , too , that , attention to the keep not- withstanding , the whole work has very little that is military about it , and by it , indeed , Windsor was converted finally from a fortress to the palace it now is .
We may note , too , that , attention to the keep not- withstanding , the whole work has very little that is military about it , and by it , indeed , Windsor was converted finally from a fortress to the palace it now is .
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At Windsor , in the lower bailey , to the east of the existing hall now much improved , new royal lodgings and a new chapel were raised , with a cloister between them , surrounding a lawn , and provided with a stone bench near the ...
At Windsor , in the lower bailey , to the east of the existing hall now much improved , new royal lodgings and a new chapel were raised , with a cloister between them , surrounding a lawn , and provided with a stone bench near the ...
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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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