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... con- cerning its construction , together with the majesty of its 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 .
... con- cerning its construction , together with the majesty of its 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 .
Page 153
On the whole it is not common to find the lord of the castle 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 .
On the whole it is not common to find the lord of the castle 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 .
Page 159
Commencing at a point well beyond the line of the 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 ...
Commencing at a point well beyond the line of the 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 ...
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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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