English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 83
... carried out in several instalments spread over thirty and forty years , they were all of them , broadly speaking , new works raised from their foundations in one period and in one overall , more or less concentrated opera- tion . In ...
... carried out in several instalments spread over thirty and forty years , they were all of them , broadly speaking , new works raised from their foundations in one period and in one overall , more or less concentrated opera- tion . In ...
Page 122
... carried out chiefly under Henry II and completed in the first years of the reign of Richard Cœur de Lion , his son , was in fact the entire rebuilding of the castle , and comprised the great square tower keep and the towered walls of ...
... carried out chiefly under Henry II and completed in the first years of the reign of Richard Cœur de Lion , his son , was in fact the entire rebuilding of the castle , and comprised the great square tower keep and the towered walls of ...
Page 127
... carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years , and that of the latter being accom- plished in three instalments spread ...
... carried through . Here Beaumaris ( 1295-1323 ) and Carnarvon ( 1283-1323 ) are exceptional , the building of the former being spread over thirty odd years , and that of the latter being accom- plished in three instalments spread ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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