English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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... chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar re- sources produced the same results elsewhere , and fortification in earthwork and timber was common to all feudal Europe in ...
... chapter was by no means confined to this country . Similar needs , similar patterns of society and similar re- sources produced the same results elsewhere , and fortification in earthwork and timber was common to all feudal Europe in ...
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Reginald Allen Brown. CHAPTER FIVE The Decline of the Castle THE period under review in the last chapter , roughly ( since all " periods " of castle architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the T century from 1250 to 1350 , represents ...
Reginald Allen Brown. CHAPTER FIVE The Decline of the Castle THE period under review in the last chapter , roughly ( since all " periods " of castle architecture are arbitrary and overlap ) the T century from 1250 to 1350 , represents ...
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Reginald Allen Brown. building work with which we have been concerned in this chapter was reproduced on a greater or lesser scale on countless occasions throughout those centuries , and ... CHAPTER SEVEN The Castle in War HE military rôle ...
Reginald Allen Brown. building work with which we have been concerned in this chapter was reproduced on a greater or lesser scale on countless occasions throughout those centuries , and ... CHAPTER SEVEN The Castle in War HE military rôle ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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