English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 31
... lord of the manor many years before . For it is the custom of the nobles of that region , who spend their time for the most part in private war , in order to defend themselves from their enemies , to make a hill of earth as high as they ...
... lord of the manor many years before . For it is the custom of the nobles of that region , who spend their time for the most part in private war , in order to defend themselves from their enemies , to make a hill of earth as high as they ...
Page 55
... lord and his family , while a chapel larger than that which the keep could afford was often also regarded as essential . The duplication of accommodation for the lord's family and his servitors or garrison is , naturally enough , a ...
... lord and his family , while a chapel larger than that which the keep could afford was often also regarded as essential . The duplication of accommodation for the lord's family and his servitors or garrison is , naturally enough , a ...
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... lord , Fawkes de Bréauté , is one not unfamiliar in any age or country . A tried soldier , he had risen to great place chiefly by loyal and efficient service to King John in the civil wars that ended that king's reign . In the ensuing ...
... lord , Fawkes de Bréauté , is one not unfamiliar in any age or country . A tried soldier , he had risen to great place chiefly by loyal and efficient service to King John in the civil wars that ended that king's reign . In the ensuing ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire