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... of their lordship and much of the substance of their power , yet providing also , in its rôle as a stronghold or a base for active operations , some measure of protection for the surrounding lands and those who dwelt within them .
... of their lordship and much of the substance of their power , yet providing also , in its rôle as a stronghold or a base for active operations , some measure of protection for the surrounding lands and those who dwelt within them .
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They were raised also in every part of the country and in every shire , for where a great man had lands which he wished to visit , there as like as not he built a castle as his fortified residence . There were more castles in England in ...
They were raised also in every part of the country and in every shire , for where a great man had lands which he wished to visit , there as like as not he built a castle as his fortified residence . There were more castles in England in ...
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... owed by their tenants in return for land ; the newer system of fee- paying lordship and salaried service - known ... rise and fall of a strictly feudal lordship based on the tenure of land , somewhat begs the question of the royal ...
... owed by their tenants in return for land ; the newer system of fee- paying lordship and salaried service - known ... rise and fall of a strictly feudal lordship based on the tenure of land , somewhat begs the question of the royal ...
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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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