English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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... chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar re- sources produced the same results elsewhere , and fortification in earthwork and timber was common to all feudal Europe in ...
... chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar re- sources produced the same results elsewhere , and fortification in earthwork and timber was common to all feudal Europe in ...
Page 89
Reginald Allen Brown. T CHAPTER FIVE The Decline of the Castle HE period under review in the last chapter , roughly ( since all " periods " of castle architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the century from 1250 to 1350 , represents the ...
Reginald Allen Brown. T CHAPTER FIVE The Decline of the Castle HE period under review in the last chapter , roughly ( since all " periods " of castle architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the century from 1250 to 1350 , represents the ...
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... Chapter of Durham T CHAPTER EIGHT The Castle in Peace HOUGH designed pre. From the Hugh de Puiset Bible , Tomb of Robert Courthose , Duke of Normandy ( d. 172.
... Chapter of Durham T CHAPTER EIGHT The Castle in Peace HOUGH designed pre. From the Hugh de Puiset Bible , Tomb of Robert Courthose , Duke of Normandy ( d. 172.
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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