English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 54
... common rectangular type , made it quite unsuitable for such a position . Some- times the problem was solved by forceful adaptation . At Guildford and Clun the keeps are built on one side of the mound ; at Kenil- worth the great tower ...
... common rectangular type , made it quite unsuitable for such a position . Some- times the problem was solved by forceful adaptation . At Guildford and Clun the keeps are built on one side of the mound ; at Kenil- worth the great tower ...
Page 89
... exaggerated . The adoption of gunpowder in this country was slow , and by the time that ordnance of sufficient power seriously to threaten contemporary fortification was at all common 89 FIVE The Decline of the Castle.
... exaggerated . The adoption of gunpowder in this country was slow , and by the time that ordnance of sufficient power seriously to threaten contemporary fortification was at all common 89 FIVE The Decline of the Castle.
Page 103
... common . " Licences to crenellate " existing houses ( 97 ) are numerous under Edward III , Richard II and their successors , and though the finished result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with ...
... common . " Licences to crenellate " existing houses ( 97 ) are numerous under Edward III , Richard II and their successors , and though the finished result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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