English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 17
... fortifications of almost every race and generation dwelling therein , not excluding our own . Seen against this background , the castle is but one form of fortification , and in attempting to write of its history we must begin by ...
... fortifications of almost every race and generation dwelling therein , not excluding our own . Seen against this background , the castle is but one form of fortification , and in attempting to write of its history we must begin by ...
Page 36
... fortify- ing their castles after the same fashion . Yet the transition extends also on both sides of that period . Fortification of the older and simpler kind survived throughout it and well into the thirteenth century . Thus the mound ...
... fortify- ing their castles after the same fashion . Yet the transition extends also on both sides of that period . Fortification of the older and simpler kind survived throughout it and well into the thirteenth century . Thus the mound ...
Page 37
... fortification which was changed . The keep - and - bailey castle , like the motte - and - bailey , consisted of the same two component parts in the same relation to each other— the bailey , now a walled enclosure , and a citadel , now ...
... fortification which was changed . The keep - and - bailey castle , like the motte - and - bailey , consisted of the same two component parts in the same relation to each other— the bailey , now a walled enclosure , and a citadel , now ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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