English Medieval CastlesBatsford, 1954 - 208 pages |
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Page 177
... castles , see something of what those quarters were like , and catch glimpses also of the life led within them . Thus the Pipe Rolls show that as early as the reign of Henry II ( 1154-89 ) certain of the royal castles most favoured as ...
... castles , see something of what those quarters were like , and catch glimpses also of the life led within them . Thus the Pipe Rolls show that as early as the reign of Henry II ( 1154-89 ) certain of the royal castles most favoured as ...
Page 182
... royal castles were receiving ever more elaborate residential quarters within the increasingly safe circuit of their walls . At Windsor , in the lower bailey , to the east of the existing hall now much improved , new royal lodgings and a ...
... royal castles were receiving ever more elaborate residential quarters within the increasingly safe circuit of their walls . At Windsor , in the lower bailey , to the east of the existing hall now much improved , new royal lodgings and a ...
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... castle with the rise and fall of a strictly feudal lordship based on the tenure of land , somewhat begs the question of the royal castles , which stood always for some- thing more than the king's position as the largest and ultimate ...
... castle with the rise and fall of a strictly feudal lordship based on the tenure of land , somewhat begs the question of the royal castles , which stood always for some- thing more than the king's position as the largest and ultimate ...
Contents
Two Early Norman Castles | 23 |
THREE Early Stone Castles | 35 |
FOUR The Perfected Castle | 60 |
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