English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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... force by a garrison without hope of eventual success was not regarded as dishonourable ; and that the compromise of ... force was usually the signal for the siege to be raised . Nor was it easy to keep a medieval force long in the field ...
... force by a garrison without hope of eventual success was not regarded as dishonourable ; and that the compromise of ... force was usually the signal for the siege to be raised . Nor was it easy to keep a medieval force long in the field ...
Page 170
... forces besieging them , eventually agreed to a truce , and when the term was up were allowed to withdraw with honour ... force of the garrison could command the surrounding country- side , riding out at will to protect and enforce the ...
... forces besieging them , eventually agreed to a truce , and when the term was up were allowed to withdraw with honour ... force of the garrison could command the surrounding country- side , riding out at will to protect and enforce the ...
Page 171
... force commanded by Geoffrey de Neville and Fawkes de Bréauté , sent there to harry the king's enemies . A little later in the same year the royal garrison from the recently captured Rochester rode out and took the neighbouring castle of ...
... force commanded by Geoffrey de Neville and Fawkes de Bréauté , sent there to harry the king's enemies . A little later in the same year the royal garrison from the recently captured Rochester rode out and took the neighbouring castle of ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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amongst attack barbican barons Bayeux Tapestry Beaumaris Bedford Bréauté building built Caerphilly Carnarvon Castle Hedingham Castle Rising castle-building castle's castles in Wales centre chamber chapel Château-Gaillard chronicler concentrated concentric castle Conquest contemporary Conway decline defence ditch Dover Durham Earl early earthwork Edward eleventh century England English castles English medieval entrance example feature flanking towers fortification fortress fourteenth century garrison gate gatehouse gateway Ground plan hall Harlech Henry II inner bailey keep-and-bailey castle Kenilworth Kidwelly King John king's Kirby Muxloe labour later Middle Ages lord machicolated mangonel medieval castle medieval military architecture Middle Ages military importance moat motte motte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey castle mound Norman Orford outer bailey pele towers perhaps period Pipe Rolls quadrangular raised ramparts records reign residence residential Rochester rôle royal castles shell keep side siege siege-craft stands stone castle storey strength stronghold Suffolk surviving thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house twelfth century warfare whole Windsor Yorkshire