Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... armed soldiers and demonic arts . That is the traditional image of the stronghold of legend . It is also as near a portrait of the stronghold of fact , as makes no difference . Forts and castles may sometimes be used as refuges for the ...
... armed soldiers and demonic arts . That is the traditional image of the stronghold of legend . It is also as near a portrait of the stronghold of fact , as makes no difference . Forts and castles may sometimes be used as refuges for the ...
Page 144
... armed force , for the purpose of capturing its fortresses , and thereby subverting its independence , and subjecting the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign power ; and whereas , it has thus become the duty of this ...
... armed force , for the purpose of capturing its fortresses , and thereby subverting its independence , and subjecting the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign power ; and whereas , it has thus become the duty of this ...
Page 175
... armed gendarmerie for internal and coastal policing - still main- tained armed forces . Some were small profession- al armies ; others were massed armies of con- scripts . However , there was so much spare military accommodation after ...
... armed gendarmerie for internal and coastal policing - still main- tained armed forces . Some were small profession- al armies ; others were massed armies of con- scripts . However , there was so much spare military accommodation after ...
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accommodation Antonine Wall armour artillery assault attack barracks base bastions battery battle became besieged blockhouses bombardment Britain British brochs building built Cadbury Castle camp cannon captured casemates century Chepstow Castle citadel Constantinople construction covered Crusader curtain wall Deal Castle defenders ditch earth Eastbourne Redoubt embrasures emperor Empire enemy entrance equipment erected field army fieldworks fire force fortifications fortress forts French frontier garrison gates German gunpowder guns Hadrian's Wall Harlech Castle Henry VIII hillforts infantry invader iron Iron Age keep kilometres King legion Maginot Line Martello Martello Towers massive medieval ment metres metres high metres thick metres wide military architecture missiles mortar motte-and-bailey mounted Norman operations palisade parapet perhaps pillboxes protection purpose-built raids rampart refuge Rochester Castle Roman roof round royal side siege slope soldiers solid stone stronghold strongpoints structures surrender surrounded target timber tion towers troops tunnels turrets Vauban warfare warriors weapons wooden