The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... land tenure which is known as the " Feudal System . " The strong position of a mediaeval aristocrat was due to his wealth , this consisting almost entirely of the revenues from his lands . The king had therefore to make sure that the ...
... land tenure which is known as the " Feudal System . " The strong position of a mediaeval aristocrat was due to his wealth , this consisting almost entirely of the revenues from his lands . The king had therefore to make sure that the ...
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... land he had received . This amount was assessed not necessarily in terms of the area of the land but in accordance with the amount of actual wealth it brought 58 4 53 Twelfth - Century " Knights , " from a LOFTY WALLS The Inhabitants of ...
... land he had received . This amount was assessed not necessarily in terms of the area of the land but in accordance with the amount of actual wealth it brought 58 4 53 Twelfth - Century " Knights , " from a LOFTY WALLS The Inhabitants of ...
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... land were built by the Normans in the century or so following the Conquest . The castle , besides being a product of Feudalism , was a necessary feature of feudal society , in the same fashion as the country house of the eighteenth ...
... land were built by the Normans in the century or so following the Conquest . The castle , besides being a product of Feudalism , was a necessary feature of feudal society , in the same fashion as the country house of the eighteenth ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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