The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... rising of the landed class ( including the more prosperous yeomen ) against the Crown in the seventeenth century , known as " The Civil Wars . " They were destroyed because they were " strong points " on which the national monarchy in ...
... rising of the landed class ( including the more prosperous yeomen ) against the Crown in the seventeenth century , known as " The Civil Wars . " They were destroyed because they were " strong points " on which the national monarchy in ...
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... rising above the scarps of a river bank or nestling among trees in some sheltered valley . It may be that some of us are pleased to see our castles as ruins , their broken walls softened with dark veils of ivy ; while others , less ...
... rising above the scarps of a river bank or nestling among trees in some sheltered valley . It may be that some of us are pleased to see our castles as ruins , their broken walls softened with dark veils of ivy ; while others , less ...
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... Rising ( 24 ) the originally circular mound was extended to form an oval shape and later still its ditches were deepened and an enormous rampart raised around its rim . At Restormel in Cornwall , the castle has never outgrown its ...
... Rising ( 24 ) the originally circular mound was extended to form an oval shape and later still its ditches were deepened and an enormous rampart raised around its rim . At Restormel in Cornwall , the castle has never outgrown its ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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