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The particular attention paid to the defence of the gate in this as in all periods of the Middle Ages provides us with one small but precise example of the general transition from timber to stone fortification .
The particular attention paid to the defence of the gate in this as in all periods of the Middle Ages provides us with one small but precise example of the general transition from timber to stone fortification .
Page 92
... of local warfare urged the continuance of serious fortification , pro- duced , at Raglan in Monmouthshire , one more example of a castle on the grand scale , a century after the completion of the great Edwardian Welsh fortresses .
... of local warfare urged the continuance of serious fortification , pro- duced , at Raglan in Monmouthshire , one more example of a castle on the grand scale , a century after the completion of the great Edwardian Welsh fortresses .
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Wingfield in Derbyshire , a product of the troubled reign of Henry VI , is a splendid example of a late - medieval fortified manor- house , and , though outstanding in its erstwhile magnificence and fine workmanship , it is typical of ...
Wingfield in Derbyshire , a product of the troubled reign of Henry VI , is a splendid example of a late - medieval fortified manor- house , and , though outstanding in its erstwhile magnificence and fine workmanship , it is typical 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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| 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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