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Even so , from the earliest period other residential or non - military buildings , including most often a hall and chapel , were frequently included among the " houses " in the bailey , for the garrison and serving - men needed ...
Even so , from the earliest period other residential or non - military buildings , including most often a hall and chapel , were frequently included among the " houses " in the bailey , for the garrison and serving - men needed ...
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Thus Goodrich ( 46 ) became , in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , a typical and satisfying fortress of the period , logically quadrangular in plan , with a drum tower at each of three angles and a strong gatehouse at the ...
Thus Goodrich ( 46 ) became , in the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries , a typical and satisfying fortress of the period , logically quadrangular in plan , with a drum tower at each of three angles and a strong gatehouse at the ...
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Indeed , long before the end of our period , conservative tradition was already maintaining features of military architecture as formalities and ornaments divorced from reality . A remarkable and early instance of the traditional rather ...
Indeed , long before the end of our period , conservative tradition was already maintaining features of military architecture as formalities and ornaments divorced from reality . A remarkable and early instance of the traditional rather ...
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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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