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In both there is no point on the enceinte of the castle which is not exposed to a withering cross- fire from flanking towers and battlements and a multiplicity of well- placed firing - loops , while medieval fire - power reaches its ...
In both there is no point on the enceinte of the castle which is not exposed to a withering cross- fire from flanking towers and battlements and a multiplicity of well- placed firing - loops , while medieval fire - power reaches its ...
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The mine chamber was then filled with brushwood or other combustible material , and , when all was ready , fire was applied and the miners withdrew . The props having been burnt , the masonry above collapsed , and the waiting assailants ...
The mine chamber was then filled with brushwood or other combustible material , and , when all was ready , fire was applied and the miners withdrew . The props having been burnt , the masonry above collapsed , and the waiting assailants ...
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Thereafter , though late - thirteenth - century Carnarvon ( 69 ) was equipped for defence by the longbow , it is probable that the crossbow was never supplanted as the paramount weapon for castle defence , for though its rate of fire ...
Thereafter , though late - thirteenth - century Carnarvon ( 69 ) was equipped for defence by the longbow , it is probable that the crossbow was never supplanted as the paramount weapon for castle defence , for though its rate of fire ...
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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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