The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... period . Only the surrounding defences made them castles . The time had not yet come when the house itself was to be made defensible , and eventually house and defences incorporated so as to form the perfect fortress , bearing no ...
... period . Only the surrounding defences made them castles . The time had not yet come when the house itself was to be made defensible , and eventually house and defences incorporated so as to form the perfect fortress , bearing no ...
Page 26
... period , they were actually probably quite simple structures until the twelfth century was drawing to its close . Let us for the time being , therefore , leave the more elaborate type of dwelling - house to consider its growth from ...
... period , they were actually probably quite simple structures until the twelfth century was drawing to its close . Let us for the time being , therefore , leave the more elaborate type of dwelling - house to consider its growth from ...
Page 104
... period to give a sense of dignity to the entrances of great houses such as St. James's Palace and Hampton Court , structures of the early sixteenth century , or the later country mansions of Elizabethan times . Some- times isolated ...
... period to give a sense of dignity to the entrances of great houses such as St. James's Palace and Hampton Court , structures of the early sixteenth century , or the later country mansions of Elizabethan times . Some- times isolated ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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