English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 55
... feature of English castles , found , for example , in the two halls within the thirteenth - century Conway ( 39 ) and in many later buildings . But sometimes , even in this period of the keep's supre- macy , alternative accommodation ...
... feature of English castles , found , for example , in the two halls within the thirteenth - century Conway ( 39 ) and in many later buildings . But sometimes , even in this period of the keep's supre- macy , alternative accommodation ...
Page 67
... feature of English fortification from the later thirteenth century on- wards , though we may notice that the polygonal form was preferred at so fine a castle as Carnarvon ( 38 ) . The essential feature of the flanking tower was that it ...
... feature of English fortification from the later thirteenth century on- wards , though we may notice that the polygonal form was preferred at so fine a castle as Carnarvon ( 38 ) . The essential feature of the flanking tower was that it ...
Page 92
... feature of northern military architecture in the later Middle Ages as to the brute facts of the situation which produced them . They were raised all over the northern counties ( and on the other side of the border in southern Scotland ) ...
... feature of northern military architecture in the later Middle Ages as to the brute facts of the situation which produced them . They were raised all over the northern counties ( and on the other side of the border in southern Scotland ) ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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