English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 83
... result almost matched a Beaumaris in the scientific complexity of concentric fortification . Thus the Tower of London ( 84 ) , in the course of the thirteenth century , became one of the largest concentric fortresses in the country by ...
... result almost matched a Beaumaris in the scientific complexity of concentric fortification . Thus the Tower of London ( 84 ) , in the course of the thirteenth century , became one of the largest concentric fortresses in the country by ...
Page 103
... result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with increasing frequency fortified manor - houses incorporating a greater or lesser amount of new build- ing . The plan of the fortified manor naturally ...
... result was sometimes a castle as at Bodiam or Allington ( 98 ) , they produced with increasing frequency fortified manor - houses incorporating a greater or lesser amount of new build- ing . The plan of the fortified manor naturally ...
Page 192
... result of any unified policy imposed from above in the national interests , whether of defence , expansion or internal security . Indeed the basic geographical knowledge was not available for such strategic planning from the centre even ...
... result of any unified policy imposed from above in the national interests , whether of defence , expansion or internal security . Indeed the basic geographical knowledge was not available for such strategic planning from the centre even ...
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