English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 23
... Norman favourites of Edward the Confessor in the last few years of the Old English kingdom . We have seen that England in the eleventh century showed little trace of the feudal organisation of society prevalent on the Continent , and in ...
... Norman favourites of Edward the Confessor in the last few years of the Old English kingdom . We have seen that England in the eleventh century showed little trace of the feudal organisation of society prevalent on the Continent , and in ...
Page 28
... Norman castles of earth and timber , for we have not only contemporary written de- scriptions of them but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest preserved in the Bayeux Tapestry ...
... Norman castles of earth and timber , for we have not only contemporary written de- scriptions of them but even contemporary pictures . The unique and invaluable pictorial record of the Norman Conquest preserved in the Bayeux Tapestry ...
Page 35
... Norman 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 ...
... Norman 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 ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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