English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 93
... moat , and almost en- tirely separate from the main structure , with which it was originally connected only by a narrow , well - defended stone causeway . Though this remarkable build- ing , standing in advance of and mid- way between ...
... moat , and almost en- tirely separate from the main structure , with which it was originally connected only by a narrow , well - defended stone causeway . Though this remarkable build- ing , standing in advance of and mid- way between ...
Page 103
... moat . This we saw also to be the last logical development of the completely defensible fortress , and in it we can follow , indeed , the gradual decline of the castle as a military building , and the slow elimination of defensive ...
... moat . This we saw also to be the last logical development of the completely defensible fortress , and in it we can follow , indeed , the gradual decline of the castle as a military building , and the slow elimination of defensive ...
Page 133
... moat . The accounts themselves , conveniently contained in one ledgerbook , are more detailed than any we have so far noticed . From them the progress of the work may be followed not merely year by year but week by week , from its ...
... moat . The accounts themselves , conveniently contained in one ledgerbook , are more detailed than any we have so far noticed . From them the progress of the work may be followed not merely year by year but week by week , from its ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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