The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 32
... circular turret , at the opposite angle . This being an unusually large and commodious keep , there is a third staircase at the upper end of the great hall . Beneath the chapel are two storeys of vaulted prisons , the lowermost being ...
... circular turret , at the opposite angle . This being an unusually large and commodious keep , there is a third staircase at the upper end of the great hall . Beneath the chapel are two storeys of vaulted prisons , the lowermost being ...
Page 55
... circular donjons of the thirteenth century on the Continent . We have seen in this chapter how the sturdy hall - keep of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries developed into the lofty tower of the mid - twelfth century , to ...
... circular donjons of the thirteenth century on the Continent . We have seen in this chapter how the sturdy hall - keep of the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries developed into the lofty tower of the mid - twelfth century , to ...
Page 71
... circular keeps , and their investigations in the East had confirmed them in their belief that the circular plan was a more efficient form than the square . Thus , almost as soon as the wall- tower comes into use in this country it gives ...
... circular keeps , and their investigations in the East had confirmed them in their belief that the circular plan was a more efficient form than the square . Thus , almost as soon as the wall- tower comes into use in this country it gives ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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