The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 63
... engines were employed , as these were clumsy things to drag about from place to place in a country with practically ... engine in use during the century following the Conquest was the old classical machine called by the Byzantines , who ...
... engines were employed , as these were clumsy things to drag about from place to place in a country with practically ... engine in use during the century following the Conquest was the old classical machine called by the Byzantines , who ...
Page 71
... engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being invariably adopted . The roofs of such towers were usually ...
... engines ) . It is doubtful whether our castles were as a general rule armed with engines , and certainly the solid bastion is very seldom found , the hollow habitable form being invariably adopted . The roofs of such towers were usually ...
Page 86
... engines ; but dysentery intervened , and the " Disinherited " at last surrendered , marching out with the honours of war . While on the subject of military engines it should be men- tioned that there were two types of engine which ...
... engines ; but dysentery intervened , and the " Disinherited " at last surrendered , marching out with the honours of war . While on the subject of military engines it should be men- tioned that there were two types of engine which ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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angle appears arch architecture arrangement bailey base basement beautiful become besiegers building built called castle chamber chapel circular complete consider constructed course curtains defences ditch door early earthwork Edward elaborate engines England English entrance erected example figs fine floor fortified fortress four garrison gate gatehouse give hall hall-keep Henry interesting interior keep king known land late later less lines lofty lord lower mediaeval middle military moat motte mound Norman once original outer palisades passage passed perhaps period possibly probably protected raised ramparts remains rising roof round ruins seems seen shows side siege sometimes square stair staircase stands stone stone walls storey strong structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber to-day tower tower-keeps turn turrets twelfth century upper usually wall-towers walls whole