English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 89
... less and less frequently . Generally speaking , from the latter half of the fourteenth century , though somewhat more tardily in the far north and in Wales , the military importance of the castle began to decline . The complex reasons ...
... less and less frequently . Generally speaking , from the latter half of the fourteenth century , though somewhat more tardily in the far north and in Wales , the military importance of the castle began to decline . The complex reasons ...
Page 194
... less and less upon the castle . It may be also that within this wider change in the conduct of 194.
... less and less upon the castle . It may be also that within this wider change in the conduct of 194.
Page 196
... less an important change . From the thirteenth century onwards rebellion became less the re- sult of personal grievance and more the expression of a wider political opposition . The undoubted personal grievances of the magnates who rose ...
... less an important change . From the thirteenth century onwards rebellion became less the re- sult of personal grievance and more the expression of a wider political opposition . The undoubted personal grievances of the magnates who rose ...
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