English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 36
... probably add the keeps at Bram- ber and at Pevensey , and certainly the early Norman stonework still to be seen in the walls and other buildings of Richmond and the Peak . Such exceptional cases presuppose exceptional causes . The two ...
... probably add the keeps at Bram- ber and at Pevensey , and certainly the early Norman stonework still to be seen in the walls and other buildings of Richmond and the Peak . Such exceptional cases presuppose exceptional causes . The two ...
Page 50
... probably always used for the storage both of provisions and arms . The principal upper floor formed the hall for the lord and his family . Where there was more than one upper floor , the first was probably given over to the garrison ...
... probably always used for the storage both of provisions and arms . The principal upper floor formed the hall for the lord and his family . Where there was more than one upper floor , the first was probably given over to the garrison ...
Page 146
... probably deliberately so for fear of bursting the barrel . In all , early cannon were probably as dangerous to their users as to the foe , and their chief value seems to have been their effect upon the morale of the enemy ( and , one ...
... probably deliberately so for fear of bursting the barrel . In all , early cannon were probably as dangerous to their users as to the foe , and their chief value seems to have been their effect upon the morale of the enemy ( and , one ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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