English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 83
... carried out in several instalments spread over thirty and forty years , they were all of them , broadly speaking , new works raised from their foundations in one period and in one overall , more or less concentrated opera- tion . In ...
... carried out in several instalments spread over thirty and forty years , they were all of them , broadly speaking , new works raised from their foundations in one period and in one overall , more or less concentrated opera- tion . In ...
Page 125
... carried out with all the resources of an early medieval state . " All previous efforts " , writes Professor Sir Maurice Powicke of Richard's fortification in Normandy , " were cast into the shade ... when Château - Gaillard rose on the ...
... carried out with all the resources of an early medieval state . " All previous efforts " , writes Professor Sir Maurice Powicke of Richard's fortification in Normandy , " were cast into the shade ... when Château - Gaillard rose on the ...
Page 127
... carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years , and that of the latter being accom- plished in three instalments spread ...
... carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years , and that of the latter being accom- plished in three instalments spread ...
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