Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... continued the struggle of Ambrosius Aurelianus against the Anglo - Saxon invaders about AD 500 - a campaign which reached its climax at the Battle of Mons Badonicus . Recent archaeological excavation at Cadbury Castle has revealed the ...
... continued the struggle of Ambrosius Aurelianus against the Anglo - Saxon invaders about AD 500 - a campaign which reached its climax at the Battle of Mons Badonicus . Recent archaeological excavation at Cadbury Castle has revealed the ...
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... continued their move- ment south - eastwards . Eventually they became the Varangian Guard , the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors . Other Norsemen of that period settled in northern Gaul , became Nor- mans , and went on to ...
... continued their move- ment south - eastwards . Eventually they became the Varangian Guard , the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors . Other Norsemen of that period settled in northern Gaul , became Nor- mans , and went on to ...
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... continued to exist as a viable political unit , stable and comparatively peaceful . Only on the remotest fringes was there any need for towers of refuge . But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements ...
... continued to exist as a viable political unit , stable and comparatively peaceful . Only on the remotest fringes was there any need for towers of refuge . But in 1073 Hildebrand became Pope Gregory VII . Influenced by the new movements ...
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