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Page 38
Amongst them the hall and the chapel were the most important , though as a result of their very importance , to- gether with the continual development and improvement of most castles during the Middle Ages , fewer early examples have ...
Amongst them the hall and the chapel were the most important , though as a result of their very importance , to- gether with the continual development and improvement of most castles during the Middle Ages , fewer early examples have ...
Page 181
A typical order to the sheriff of Hampshire , dated in Decem- ber of the year 1250 , orders him to cause to be painted the king's new chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel with tiles ...
A typical order to the sheriff of Hampshire , dated in Decem- ber of the year 1250 , orders him to cause to be painted the king's new chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel with tiles ...
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... gatehouse of , 38 keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 Richmond , 36-7 , 41 , 152 , Vere , de , earls of Oxford , 49 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 - Vitalis , Ordericus , chronicler , 23 , 117 gatehouse of ...
... gatehouse of , 38 keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 Richmond , 36-7 , 41 , 152 , Vere , de , earls of Oxford , 49 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 - Vitalis , Ordericus , chronicler , 23 , 117 gatehouse of ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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