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But perhaps the most exciting revelation made by these accounts , over and above the great cost of the work which they show , is the size and composition of the labour force involved . At Harlech in the summer of 1286 an average weekly ...
But perhaps the most exciting revelation made by these accounts , over and above the great cost of the work which they show , is the size and composition of the labour force involved . At Harlech in the summer of 1286 an average weekly ...
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The accounts which have survived , now in the British Museum and recently printed , cover the three years 1432-5 and give a total expenditure of £ 1,480 5s . 94d . They are not , however , complete , and indeed , according to the no ...
The accounts which have survived , now in the British Museum and recently printed , cover the three years 1432-5 and give a total expenditure of £ 1,480 5s . 94d . They are not , however , complete , and indeed , according to the no ...
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The workmen , who all appear by name in the accounts , were drawn from a wide area , some coming from Wales and some of the bricklayers , especially , from East Anglia , the centre of late - medieval brick architecture .
The workmen , who all appear by name in the accounts , were drawn from a wide area , some coming from Wales and some of the bricklayers , especially , from East Anglia , the centre of late - medieval brick architecture .
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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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