English Medieval CastlesSimmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1961 - 208 pages |
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Page 18
... surviving Saxon burh . The private nature of the castle is indeed the vital fact in its origin and history , wedding it firmly to the Middle Ages and that state of society which we call feudal . " Feudal " is a vague word applied by ...
... surviving Saxon burh . The private nature of the castle is indeed the vital fact in its origin and history , wedding it firmly to the Middle Ages and that state of society which we call feudal . " Feudal " is a vague word applied by ...
Page 38
... surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 90 ) , recently and excellently restored by the University and a fitting gem for one of our finest surviving episcopal castles . Its date must be placed in ...
... surviving examples is the breath - taking little early Norman chapel at Durham ( 90 ) , recently and excellently restored by the University and a fitting gem for one of our finest surviving episcopal castles . Its date must be placed in ...
Page 132
... surviving accounts mention few craftsmen by name , apart from a certain Henry Wood , " masoun " , who failed in his claim to be allowed half a day's wages for his journies between Norwich and his work- " the qwiche [ claim ] " , noted ...
... surviving accounts mention few craftsmen by name , apart from a certain Henry Wood , " masoun " , who failed in his claim to be allowed half a day's wages for his journies between Norwich and his work- " the qwiche [ claim ] " , noted ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castle English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kent Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire