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The dominant feature of these fortresses was the motte or mound , designed as the strongest point , a separate citadel within the castle , capable of separate and independent defence . We shall see later that repeatedly in siege ...
The dominant feature of these fortresses was the motte or mound , designed as the strongest point , a separate citadel within the castle , capable of separate and independent defence . We shall see later that repeatedly in siege ...
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The keep of the keep - and - bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon the motte that the simplest form of keep was invariably placed , its stonework ...
The keep of the keep - and - bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon the motte that the simplest form of keep was invariably placed , its stonework ...
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The time required to make the motte - and - bailey castle at least militarily efficient was short , though no doubt at a later stage more skilled and more leisurely carpentry would be required to build anything like the elaborate timber ...
The time required to make the motte - and - bailey castle at least militarily efficient was short , though no doubt at a later stage more skilled and more leisurely carpentry would be required to build anything like the elaborate timber ...
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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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