The English CastleC. Scribner's sons, 1936 - 120 pages |
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... to bring that peace to themselves and upon the land in which we live to - day . Over the great gatehouse of Cooling ... day : " Knoweth that beth and schal be That I am mad in help of the cuntre In knowyng of whyche thyng This is chartre ...
... to bring that peace to themselves and upon the land in which we live to - day . Over the great gatehouse of Cooling ... day : " Knoweth that beth and schal be That I am mad in help of the cuntre In knowyng of whyche thyng This is chartre ...
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... a castle looking more like a Maori pah than the residence of an English king . Yet such were our earliest castles : fortresses constructed of such humble materials as earth and boards . Strongholds of straw they would seem to us to - day , ...
... a castle looking more like a Maori pah than the residence of an English king . Yet such were our earliest castles : fortresses constructed of such humble materials as earth and boards . Strongholds of straw they would seem to us to - day , ...
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... to be invented . The only type of fortress known hitherto was the communal stronghold , called in the " official ... day called " castles " but this is really incorrect : the castle is essentially a private and not a communal fortress ...
... to be invented . The only type of fortress known hitherto was the communal stronghold , called in the " official ... day called " castles " but this is really incorrect : the castle is essentially a private and not a communal fortress ...
Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
Copyright | |
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angle appears arch architecture arrangement bailey base basement beautiful become besiegers building built called castle chamber chapel circular complete consider constructed course curtains defences ditch door early earthwork Edward elaborate engines England English entrance erected example figs fine floor fortified fortress four garrison gate gatehouse give hall hall-keep Henry interesting interior keep king known land late later less lines lofty lord lower mediaeval middle military moat motte mound Norman once original outer palisades passage passed perhaps period possibly probably protected raised ramparts remains rising roof round ruins seems seen shows side siege sometimes square stair staircase stands stone stone walls storey strong structures summit surrounded Sussex thirteenth century timber to-day tower tower-keeps turn turrets twelfth century upper usually wall-towers walls whole