The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... known in Western Europe . A primitive organisation cannot afford to have more than one ruler - the king . Anyone who may acquire sufficient authority to become a petty ruler in his own district is a direct menace to the head of the ...
... known in Western Europe . A primitive organisation cannot afford to have more than one ruler - the king . Anyone who may acquire sufficient authority to become a petty ruler in his own district is a direct menace to the head of the ...
Page 51
... known to have been crowned by shell - keeps and the castles of Bedford , Hereford and Gloucester , of which even the mottes have vanished , are known to have had keeps of this type . There are some hun- dreds of motte castles in England ...
... known to have been crowned by shell - keeps and the castles of Bedford , Hereford and Gloucester , of which even the mottes have vanished , are known to have had keeps of this type . There are some hun- dreds of motte castles in England ...
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... known that stones half as heavy again could be thrown , to say nothing of a dead horse , which might weigh half a ton . The range of a trebuchet might be as much as a quarter of a mile . One of the most valuable of mediaeval documentary ...
... known that stones half as heavy again could be thrown , to say nothing of a dead horse , which might weigh half a ton . The range of a trebuchet might be as much as a quarter of a mile . One of the most valuable of mediaeval documentary ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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