English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 154
... later twelfth century we find flat roofs covered with lead provided in castles , especially on keeps and towers , for petrariae , though there was always some danger of vibration weakening the masonry . Cannon in the later Middle Ages ...
... later twelfth century we find flat roofs covered with lead provided in castles , especially on keeps and towers , for petrariae , though there was always some danger of vibration weakening the masonry . Cannon in the later Middle Ages ...
Page 195
... later Middle Ages . But this con- venient equation helps little without some further comment . The private castle was the symbol and embodiment of the power of the medieval aristocracy , yet in the later Middle Ages there is little ...
... later Middle Ages . But this con- venient equation helps little without some further comment . The private castle was the symbol and embodiment of the power of the medieval aristocracy , yet in the later Middle Ages there is little ...
Page 201
... later Middle Ages , increasingly abandons serious fortification for a dignified comfort , or else is given over to decay . But it must be emphasised that these changes were slow , and though the great age of the castle should probably ...
... later Middle Ages , increasingly abandons serious fortification for a dignified comfort , or else is given over to decay . But it must be emphasised that these changes were slow , and though the great age of the castle should probably ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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