English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 76
... common , type of late thir- teenth- and fourteenth - century fortress . The concentric castle applied the principle of the enclosure adequately fortified by its own towered wall in duplicate . The main enclosure , the inner ward or ...
... common , type of late thir- teenth- and fourteenth - century fortress . The concentric castle applied the principle of the enclosure adequately fortified by its own towered wall in duplicate . The main enclosure , the inner ward or ...
Page 103
... common . " Licences to crenellate " existing houses ( 97 ) are numerous under Edward III , Richard II and their successors , and though the finished result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with ...
... common . " Licences to crenellate " existing houses ( 97 ) are numerous under Edward III , Richard II and their successors , and though the finished result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with ...
Page 157
... common to all periods . Nor were such sorties merely the gallant last fling of desperate garrisons . At the siege of Kenilworth , for example , the garrison made repeatedly successful attacks upon the enemy's lines which caused much ...
... common to all periods . Nor were such sorties merely the gallant last fling of desperate garrisons . At the siege of Kenilworth , for example , the garrison made repeatedly successful attacks upon the enemy's lines which caused much ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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