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Their mounds especially were extremely difficult to assault - as anyone who even now climbs one may prove for himself . In addition , they were quick and easy to construct , and this above all made them especially suited to the needs of ...
Their mounds especially were extremely difficult to assault - as anyone who even now climbs one may prove for himself . In addition , they were quick and easy to construct , and this above all made them especially suited to the needs of ...
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By con- trast , some of the ancient castles of the realm , considered militarily obsolete , were falling into decay , more especially , perhaps , those outlying royal castles which were losing also their residential im- portance as our ...
By con- trast , some of the ancient castles of the realm , considered militarily obsolete , were falling into decay , more especially , perhaps , those outlying royal castles which were losing also their residential im- portance as our ...
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condition , especially by the lack of food and supplies , was becoming desperate . They therefore sought and obtained from their assailants a truce whereby , if no help came within forty days , they would surrender .
condition , especially by the lack of food and supplies , was becoming desperate . They therefore sought and obtained from their assailants a truce whereby , if no help came within forty days , they would surrender .
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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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