English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 159
... King John against a baronial garrison , was the greatest single military event in the civil war which ended that king's reign and which also produced Magna Carta as an unsuccessful peace treaty . It is most notable , perhaps , as a ...
... King John against a baronial garrison , was the greatest single military event in the civil war which ended that king's reign and which also produced Magna Carta as an unsuccessful peace treaty . It is most notable , perhaps , as a ...
Page 178
... king's hall at Windsor , of his chambers , his larder , kitchen and almonry , of the repair of the seats of the king ... John , the king's beloved youngest son , to whom , Hoveden tells us , he had granted the castle in 1174. But the ...
... king's hall at Windsor , of his chambers , his larder , kitchen and almonry , of the repair of the seats of the king ... John , the king's beloved youngest son , to whom , Hoveden tells us , he had granted the castle in 1174. But the ...
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... king , and though the king's lands and interests were wide enough for him to think in terms of the whole state , the ... John's new castle of Odiham soon after it was built : " A castle . . . set in fair meadows and close to the woods which ...
... king , and though the king's lands and interests were wide enough for him to think in terms of the whole state , the ... John's new castle of Odiham soon after it was built : " A castle . . . set in fair meadows and close to the woods which ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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