English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 36
... continued to be crowned with a timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 1 ) was built , possibly by Henry III in the middle years of his reign ( 1216– 1272 ) , and possibly as late as c . 1300. Until at least the early ...
... continued to be crowned with a timber tower until the present remarkable stone keep ( 1 ) was built , possibly by Henry III in the middle years of his reign ( 1216– 1272 ) , and possibly as late as c . 1300. Until at least the early ...
Page 51
... continued up into the angle turrets to give access to the roof . Within the great thickness of the walls , in the upper levels of the keep , small private chambers were frequently constructed , in which the head of the household and its ...
... continued up into the angle turrets to give access to the roof . Within the great thickness of the walls , in the upper levels of the keep , small private chambers were frequently constructed , in which the head of the household and its ...
Page 201
... continued , augmented no doubt by long - established outlook and habit - just as the traditions of a mili- tary aristocracy continued to demand a façade of martial splendour upon their new houses . Only perhaps by the mid - sixteenth ...
... continued , augmented no doubt by long - established outlook and habit - just as the traditions of a mili- tary aristocracy continued to demand a façade of martial splendour upon their new houses . Only perhaps by the mid - sixteenth ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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