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The most usual type of early stone castle , which we may roughly assign to the second half of the twelfth and first half of the thirteenth centuries when it was most common , is best described as the keep- and - bailey castle .
The most usual type of early stone castle , which we may roughly assign to the second half of the twelfth and first half of the thirteenth centuries when it was most common , is best described as the keep- and - bailey castle .
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Porchester ( 4 ) similar early gatehouses were converted during the twelfth century into tower keeps by blocking the entrance passage and adding additional storeys . In the twelfth century we find an alternative method of fortifying the ...
Porchester ( 4 ) similar early gatehouses were converted during the twelfth century into tower keeps by blocking the entrance passage and adding additional storeys . In the twelfth century we find an alternative method of fortifying the ...
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More- over , in the sparse domestic arrangements of early castles it must have afforded almost the only shelter for the garrison and serving men , who slept in it and probably used it as a general barrack - room as well .
More- over , in the sparse domestic arrangements of early castles it must have afforded almost the only shelter for the garrison and serving men , who slept in it and probably used it as a general barrack - room as well .
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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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