The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... mediaeval period we find two essential parts of a dwelling - house - the Hall and the Chamber . In a democratic organisation the segregation of the sexes was probably the only consideration , and this may have been effected by their ...
... mediaeval period we find two essential parts of a dwelling - house - the Hall and the Chamber . In a democratic organisation the segregation of the sexes was probably the only consideration , and this may have been effected by their ...
Page 84
... mediaeval buildings , and communication between the rooms was often by means of timber pent - houses , like the alleys of a cloister , passing along the outer faces of the walls ( compare the " loggias " of the early timber halls ) and ...
... mediaeval buildings , and communication between the rooms was often by means of timber pent - houses , like the alleys of a cloister , passing along the outer faces of the walls ( compare the " loggias " of the early timber halls ) and ...
Page 94
... mediaeval castle , Harlech was considered impregnable , but siege after siege showed that however skil- fully the castellan designed and built his walls and towers , the besiegers seemed always in the end to have beaten him . The last ...
... mediaeval castle , Harlech was considered impregnable , but siege after siege showed that however skil- fully the castellan designed and built his walls and towers , the besiegers seemed always in the end to have beaten him . The last ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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