English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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... land . There are few chapters in European history more remarkable or more impressive than that which relates the progress and achieve- ment of the Normans . Themselves originally numbered , as their name clearly shows , among the ...
... land . There are few chapters in European history more remarkable or more impressive than that which relates the progress and achieve- ment of the Normans . Themselves originally numbered , as their name clearly shows , among the ...
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... lands . Taken in all , even the rich evidence of contemporary written de- scriptions and illustrations of these ... land full of castles . " The planting of castles was not confined merely to cities which had to be overawed , to the ...
... lands . Taken in all , even the rich evidence of contemporary written de- scriptions and illustrations of these ... land full of castles . " The planting of castles was not confined merely to cities which had to be overawed , to the ...
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... land , somewhat begs the question of the royal castles , which stood always for some- thing more than the king's position as the largest and ultimate land- owner , the primus inter pares or greatest of the magnates of the land . Yet in ...
... land , somewhat begs the question of the royal castles , which stood always for some- thing more than the king's position as the largest and ultimate land- owner , the primus inter pares or greatest of the magnates of the land . Yet in ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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