The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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Page 39
... square towers , for a reason which will now be explained . It has been hinted earlier that the great danger to which the stone tower was liable was assault by mining . The classic example in this country is the siege of Rochester by ...
... square towers , for a reason which will now be explained . It has been hinted earlier that the great danger to which the stone tower was liable was assault by mining . The classic example in this country is the siege of Rochester by ...
Page 70
... square towers projecting at fre- quent intervals from their outer faces , and the example pre- sented by them was apparently followed by the castle - builders of this country when they began to build the high " curtain " walls at the ...
... square towers projecting at fre- quent intervals from their outer faces , and the example pre- sented by them was apparently followed by the castle - builders of this country when they began to build the high " curtain " walls at the ...
Page 72
... square tower as much more convenient for accommodation ( after the castellan had learned to use the inside of wall - towers ) , but , generally speaking , the standard type of castle wall of the thirteenth century took the form of lofty ...
... square tower as much more convenient for accommodation ( after the castellan had learned to use the inside of wall - towers ) , but , generally speaking , the standard type of castle wall of the thirteenth century took the form of lofty ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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