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In these two gateways may be seen the seed from which sprang the fully developed gatehouse of the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - at Saltwood ( 36 ) , Harlech or Beaumaris , to name but a few all of which are based ...
In these two gateways may be seen the seed from which sprang the fully developed gatehouse of the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries - at Saltwood ( 36 ) , Harlech or Beaumaris , to name but a few all of which are based ...
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a fortress of the first rank , embodies some of the most advanced principles of contemporary fortification in aggressively concentrat- ing its main strength in a powerful and well - machicolated gatehouse .
a fortress of the first rank , embodies some of the most advanced principles of contemporary fortification in aggressively concentrat- ing its main strength in a powerful and well - machicolated gatehouse .
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... gatehouse of , 38 keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 Richmond , 36-7 , 41 , 152 , Vere , de , earls of Oxford , 49 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 - Vitalis , Ordericus , chronicler , 23 , 117 gatehouse of ...
... gatehouse of , 38 keep of , 38 , 49 Richard's Castle , 23 Valturius , Robert , 147 Richmond , 36-7 , 41 , 152 , Vere , de , earls of Oxford , 49 168 , 201 - , chapel of , 38 - Vitalis , Ordericus , chronicler , 23 , 117 gatehouse 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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