The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
... castle and , although not its owner , was in much the same position as if he had been , occupying the great chamber just like the lord of an ordinary residential castle . The constableship of a castle was a very important position and ...
Page 86
... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
... castle , but at the Beauchamp castle of Elmley in Worcestershire the plan of the collegiate chapel has yet to be recovered by excavation . Easily the majority of castles in this country were originally founded as earth and timber ...
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... castle , being long , rather hour - glass like structures surrounded by straight lines of very lofty curtains and ... castle . Neither of these castles is really typical , and their gatehouses are not of the normal Edwardian type . A ...
... castle , being long , rather hour - glass like structures surrounded by straight lines of very lofty curtains and ... castle . Neither of these castles is really typical , and their gatehouses are not of the normal Edwardian type . A ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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