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The whole difference in concept and theory between communal and individual fortification is equally clear in visual fact . The Norman castle at Old Sarum is merely a citadel with- in the huge circumference of the far earlier encampment ...
The whole difference in concept and theory between communal and individual fortification is equally clear in visual fact . The Norman castle at Old Sarum is merely a citadel with- in the huge circumference of the far earlier encampment ...
Page 143
Yet its strength was clearly greatly in- ferior to the castle of stone which succeeded it , and in fact the stone castle which became increasingly common in the England of the twelfth century was both the result and the cause of greatly ...
Yet its strength was clearly greatly in- ferior to the castle of stone which succeeded it , and in fact the stone castle which became increasingly common in the England of the twelfth century was both the result and the cause of greatly ...
Page 170
In fact , we know too little about medieval warfare , and especially the theories and principles behind it , which , if known , might throw new light upon the course of recorded events . To re- turn once more to the sieges of Bedford ...
In fact , we know too little about medieval warfare , and especially the theories and principles behind it , which , if known , might throw new light upon the course of recorded events . To re- turn once more to the sieges of Bedford ...
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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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