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The same point is made , to name one example of the many possible , by the fine range of Renaissance buildings raised in the bailey at Dudley by the Earl of Northumberland in the reign of Mary Tudor . Perhaps , however , for the ...
The same point is made , to name one example of the many possible , by the fine range of Renaissance buildings raised in the bailey at Dudley by the Earl of Northumberland in the reign of Mary Tudor . Perhaps , however , for the ...
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We have heard before the cry of the Peterborough chronicler , writing in the civil war of Stephen's reign in the early twelfth century : ' ... they filled the land full of castles . They grievously oppressed the wretched men of the land ...
We have heard before the cry of the Peterborough chronicler , writing in the civil war of Stephen's reign in the early twelfth century : ' ... they filled the land full of castles . They grievously oppressed the wretched men of the land ...
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... rolls con- tain concerning the king's works at his castles , we may concentrate first upon favoured Winchester , which provides an outstanding ex- ample of Henry's high standard of living in the middle years of the reign .
... rolls con- tain concerning the king's works at his castles , we may concentrate first upon favoured Winchester , which provides an outstanding ex- ample of Henry's high standard of living in the middle years of the reign .
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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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