English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 125
... present re- mains , did not make it an outstanding example of a major work of military architecture carried out with all the resources of an early medieval state . " All previous efforts " , writes Professor Sir Maurice Powicke of ...
... present re- mains , did not make it an outstanding example of a major work of military architecture carried out with all the resources of an early medieval state . " All previous efforts " , writes Professor Sir Maurice Powicke of ...
Page 153
... present at time of siege , partly perhaps because it was thought more honourable to fight in the field , and partly for somewhat less honourable reasons . To be besieged meant not only to be most uncomfortably cut off from the great ...
... present at time of siege , partly perhaps because it was thought more honourable to fight in the field , and partly for somewhat less honourable reasons . To be besieged meant not only to be most uncomfortably cut off from the great ...
Page 159
... present outer walls , which then did not exist , and out of range of the de- fenders in the present inner bailey which , with the keep , then con- stituted almost the entire strength of the castle , a great trench was begun , aimed at ...
... present outer walls , which then did not exist , and out of range of the de- fenders in the present inner bailey which , with the keep , then con- stituted almost the entire strength of the castle , a great trench was begun , aimed at ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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