English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 35
... Conquest . Thereafter their development was continuous and slow , so that the typical castle which we see , whether ruined or complete , is the combined result of the changing needs and skills of many generations . Perhaps the most ...
... Conquest . Thereafter their development was continuous and slow , so that the typical castle which we see , whether ruined or complete , is the combined result of the changing needs and skills of many generations . Perhaps the most ...
Page 118
... Conquest . Nor can the cost of this type of castle - building have been considerable . Indeed in the earliest days we may be fairly certain that forced labour supplied the neces- sary man - power , and the unfortunate English were ...
... Conquest . Nor can the cost of this type of castle - building have been considerable . Indeed in the earliest days we may be fairly certain that forced labour supplied the neces- sary man - power , and the unfortunate English were ...
Page 135
... conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory . Of all the examples of works for the improvement of existing castles which might be cited , none shows more vividly the scale they might ...
... conquest of Wales and the military necessity of planting new castles in newly acquired territory . Of all the examples of works for the improvement of existing castles which might be cited , none shows more vividly the scale they might ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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