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which it rests , one post at each strong corner " . Within the bailey were placed the other buildings necessary to the castle in its rôle as fortress , residence and , very often , the administrative centre of a district — a hall for ...
which it rests , one post at each strong corner " . Within the bailey were placed the other buildings necessary to the castle in its rôle as fortress , residence and , very often , the administrative centre of a district — a hall for ...
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We command you " , it runs , " that you cause a castle to be raised there . . . as strong as possible , with good ditches and strong walls ; and build first the keep where afterwards the castle and bailey and other buildings can be ...
We command you " , it runs , " that you cause a castle to be raised there . . . as strong as possible , with good ditches and strong walls ; and build first the keep where afterwards the castle and bailey and other buildings can be ...
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53 Raby , county Durham , ground plan naturally strong , the buildings are disposed in orderly fashion round two courtyards each with a defended gateway , and the main walls are of strong width and good stone .
53 Raby , county Durham , ground plan naturally strong , the buildings are disposed in orderly fashion round two courtyards each with a defended gateway , and the main walls are of strong width and good stone .
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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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