English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 12
Page 152
... castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed , in preventing the enemy from coming to ... castle's defences , of course , fell upon the garrison . At an early period after the Conquest all or part of the ...
... castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed , in preventing the enemy from coming to ... castle's defences , of course , fell upon the garrison . At an early period after the Conquest all or part of the ...
Page 194
... castles , to ensure so far as possible that the more important fortresses should not be in the hands of those he ... castle's supremacy . Far more important was the general change in the whole conduct of war , which , waged by larger ...
... castles , to ensure so far as possible that the more important fortresses should not be in the hands of those he ... castle's supremacy . Far more important was the general change in the whole conduct of war , which , waged by larger ...
Page 195
... castles have no military history . But such changes in the conduct of warfare themselves require more explanation , and certainly the causes of the decline in the castle's importance go deeper . We saw in the first chapter of this book ...
... castles have no military history . But such changes in the conduct of warfare themselves require more explanation , and certainly the causes of the decline in the castle's importance go deeper . We saw in the first chapter of this book ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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