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It was inevitable that as the first urgency of the Conquest declined , and the resources of both king and baronage in- creased , they should have sought for their castles the greater strength , permanence and comfort which stone could ...
It was inevitable that as the first urgency of the Conquest declined , and the resources of both king and baronage in- creased , they should have sought for their castles the greater strength , permanence and comfort which stone could ...
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stone keeps to their particular rôle as defences against invasion , and the great Tower of London scarcely needs any other cause than the importance of that city . The most usual type of early stone castle , which we may roughly assign ...
stone keeps to their particular rôle as defences against invasion , and the great Tower of London scarcely needs any other cause than the importance of that city . The most usual type of early stone castle , which we may roughly assign ...
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contains the hall , chapel and other stone buildings , " the houses in the castle " , ranged along one or more of its sides . But the most im- portant part of the early stone castle from the military , and usually from the residential ...
contains the hall , chapel and other stone buildings , " the houses in the castle " , ranged along one or more of its sides . But the most im- portant part of the early stone castle from the military , and usually from the residential ...
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Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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accounts addition amongst appearance attack bailey Beaumaris building built Carnarvon carried castle caused centre chamber chapel chapter chronicler common concentrated Conquest contemporary continued course decline defence ditch Dover earlier early Edward England English entrance especially example existing fact feet fire flanking towers followed force fortification fortress fourteenth garrison gate gatehouse hall Henry hundred importance inner John King king's labour land late later least less London lord marched medieval Middle Ages military architecture moat motte mound Norman ordered original outer perhaps period placed present probably raised records reign remains residence residential Rochester Rolls round royal scale seen shell keep side siege simple stands stone strength strong stronghold thirteenth century timber tower keep twelfth century usually Wales walls ward warfare whole Windsor
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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