English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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... medieval military architecture . Here , then , there is little new , and I freely acknowledge my debt in particular to E. S. Armitage , Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , and A. Hamilton Thompson , Military Architecture in ...
... medieval military architecture . Here , then , there is little new , and I freely acknowledge my debt in particular to E. S. Armitage , Early Norman Castles of the British Isles , and A. Hamilton Thompson , Military Architecture in ...
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... medieval military architecture . In its best- known and most usual rectangular form , the tower keep belongs par excellence to the second half of the twelfth century . King Henry II himself was an energetic builder of them , and caused ...
... medieval military architecture . In its best- known and most usual rectangular form , the tower keep belongs par excellence to the second half of the twelfth century . King Henry II himself was an energetic builder of them , and caused ...
Page 89
... architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the century from 1250 to 1350 , represents the Golden Age of English medieval military architecture , and after it the remaining architectural history of the castle is one of rather saddening ...
... architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the century from 1250 to 1350 , represents the Golden Age of English medieval military architecture , and after it the remaining architectural history of the castle is one of rather saddening ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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