English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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... bailey . This type of fortress is known as the motte - and - bailey castle from its two component parts . Earthworks were its basis and most of its strength , and its simplest and most common form is that of a single mound and bailey ...
... bailey . This type of fortress is known as the motte - and - bailey castle from its two component parts . Earthworks were its basis and most of its strength , and its simplest and most common form is that of a single mound and bailey ...
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... 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 the stone keep , which either incorporated or ...
... 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 the stone keep , which either incorporated or ...
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... bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon the motte that the simplest form of keep was invariably placed , its stonework replacing the earlier timber ...
... bailey castle , therefore , had exactly the same rôle as the motte of the motte - and - bailey , and indeed it was upon the motte that the simplest form of keep was invariably placed , its stonework replacing the earlier timber ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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