English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 118
... reign in the early twelfth century : “ .. they filled the land full of castles . They grievously oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle - works . " The same lament seems heard in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle's summary of the ...
... reign in the early twelfth century : “ .. they filled the land full of castles . They grievously oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle - works . " The same lament seems heard in the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle's summary of the ...
Page 178
... reign was devoted to its residential quarters - and this , it may be noted , at a time when the English castle was at the height of its military importance . At Winchester at the same time the Pipe Rolls , amongst con- tinuous entries ...
... reign was devoted to its residential quarters - and this , it may be noted , at a time when the English castle was at the height of its military importance . At Winchester at the same time the Pipe Rolls , amongst con- tinuous entries ...
Page 181
... reign . A typical order to the sheriff of Hampshire , dated in Decem- ber of the year 1250 , orders him to cause to be painted the king's new chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel ...
... reign . A typical order to the sheriff of Hampshire , dated in Decem- ber of the year 1250 , orders him to cause to be painted the king's new chapel in his castle of Winchester with the story of Joseph , and to floor the same chapel ...
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