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The description of medieval castles or , better by far , the contemplation of any of them for ourselves , inevitably raises the question of how these things were done and by what sort of men . In recent years historians have paid a good ...
The description of medieval castles or , better by far , the contemplation of any of them for ourselves , inevitably raises the question of how these things were done and by what sort of men . In recent years historians have paid a good ...
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Indeed , the realisation that in the medieval English state private castles com- monly outnumbered royal , and not infrequently rivalled them in in- dividual strength , rather argues that the common suggestion of architectural ...
Indeed , the realisation that in the medieval English state private castles com- monly outnumbered royal , and not infrequently rivalled them in in- dividual strength , rather argues that the common suggestion of architectural ...
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To think of these things broadens the cloistered view , seen through a stained - glass window darkly , of the Middle Ages as simply the " Age of Faith " , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages ...
To think of these things broadens the cloistered view , seen through a stained - glass window darkly , of the Middle Ages as simply the " Age of Faith " , which an over - emphasis upon medieval ecclesiastical architecture encourages ...
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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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