English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 89
... decline . The complex reasons for this decline we shall have occasion to discuss later , towards the end of this book ( pp . 194-201 , below ) ; here it is enough to say that it results principally from the changing political condition ...
... decline . The complex reasons for this decline we shall have occasion to discuss later , towards the end of this book ( pp . 194-201 , below ) ; here it is enough to say that it results principally from the changing political condition ...
Page 90
... decline of the castle was already advanced . Gun- powder was no more than one of many other and deeper causes for the loss of the castle's military importance , and its own direct effects upon castle architecture , which is here our ...
... decline of the castle was already advanced . Gun- powder was no more than one of many other and deeper causes for the loss of the castle's military importance , and its own direct effects upon castle architecture , which is here our ...
Page 195
... decline . “ A castle like Caerphilly " , wrote the late Professor Hamilton Thomp- son , " did not put an end to ... decline in the castle's importance go deeper . We saw in the first chapter of this book that the origins of the castle ...
... decline . “ A castle like Caerphilly " , wrote the late Professor Hamilton Thomp- son , " did not put an end to ... decline in the castle's importance go deeper . We saw in the first chapter of this book that the origins of the castle ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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