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And in asking why castles were built , what were their uses and wherein lay their importance , we shall be led on to enquire also how many castles there were in the medieval English kingdom and where they were situated .
And in asking why castles were built , what were their uses and wherein lay their importance , we shall be led on to enquire also how many castles there were in the medieval English kingdom and where they were situated .
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In consequence , in the greater newly built castles of the period the keep disappears altogether , and in those existing castles , now improved and modernised , falls back into a position of secon- dary importance .
In consequence , in the greater newly built castles of the period the keep disappears altogether , and in those existing castles , now improved and modernised , falls back into a position of secon- dary importance .
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The importance of the castle moat , wet or dry but preferably wet and as broad as possible , against all forms of attack is self - evident . Half the art of castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed ...
The importance of the castle moat , wet or dry but preferably wet and as broad as possible , against all forms of attack is self - evident . Half the art of castle defence in an age of comparatively short - range weapons lay , indeed ...
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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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