English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 96
... late fourteenth century can be regarded as the last and most logically satisfying development of the castle proper , combining to perfection its twin rôles of residence and fortress . Especially , perhaps , is this true of Bodiam ...
... late fourteenth century can be regarded as the last and most logically satisfying development of the castle proper , combining to perfection its twin rôles of residence and fortress . Especially , perhaps , is this true of Bodiam ...
Page 103
... late as 1511 , the two - court plan of Wing- field is followed . But perhaps most common of all was the compact and convenient quadrangular plan , very often surrounded with a wet moat . This we saw also to be the last logical ...
... late as 1511 , the two - court plan of Wing- field is followed . But perhaps most common of all was the compact and convenient quadrangular plan , very often surrounded with a wet moat . This we saw also to be the last logical ...
Page 122
... late twelfth and early thirteenth cen- turies in England , one , and that the greatest , far outstrips all others in the amount of treasure and labour lavished upon it . A castle had existed at Dover from at least the earliest days of ...
... late twelfth and early thirteenth cen- turies in England , one , and that the greatest , far outstrips all others in the amount of treasure and labour lavished upon it . A castle had existed at Dover from at least the earliest days of ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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