The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... military transformation under the effect of artillery . The English castle is to - day one of three things : a ruin , a restoration , or a fragment on to which has been grafted a later dwellinghouse unsuited to war . In its early ...
... military transformation under the effect of artillery . The English castle is to - day one of three things : a ruin , a restoration , or a fragment on to which has been grafted a later dwellinghouse unsuited to war . In its early ...
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... military architecture in this country is that of one long and never - ending struggle against the forces of destruction . The cathedral is perhaps the apotheosis of Architecture - the castle is Architecture fighting for its life ...
... military architecture in this country is that of one long and never - ending struggle against the forces of destruction . The cathedral is perhaps the apotheosis of Architecture - the castle is Architecture fighting for its life ...
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... military architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only . The gatehouse of Bothwell and Caerlaverock are at the angles of these castles . The castle of Beaumaris presenting as it does the ...
... military architects , and it is often found that their castles have towers at their opposite angles only . The gatehouse of Bothwell and Caerlaverock are at the angles of these castles . The castle of Beaumaris presenting as it does the ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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