Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 4
Page 108
... cost , he builded castles platfourms and blockhouses in all needful places of the Realme . ( Lambarde , of Henry VIII ) CHAPTER THIRTEEN The age of formalism Walled towns , stored. King Henry VIII of England was blessed with many ...
... cost , he builded castles platfourms and blockhouses in all needful places of the Realme . ( Lambarde , of Henry VIII ) CHAPTER THIRTEEN The age of formalism Walled towns , stored. King Henry VIII of England was blessed with many ...
Page 113
... cost £ 5,000 to build ) dispensed with separate bastions , two wings joining the keep to a curved battery pierced by five embrasures . Pendennis Castle was com- posed of a keep completely encircled by one continuous battery . Sandgate ...
... cost £ 5,000 to build ) dispensed with separate bastions , two wings joining the keep to a curved battery pierced by five embrasures . Pendennis Castle was com- posed of a keep completely encircled by one continuous battery . Sandgate ...
Page 165
... cost of 5,000 million francs . The Maginot Line was made up of a series of ouvrages or ' works ' . At the heart of each , was a maze of tunnels and chambers , excavated out of the solid rock and lined with cement . Here , safely buried ...
... cost of 5,000 million francs . The Maginot Line was made up of a series of ouvrages or ' works ' . At the heart of each , was a maze of tunnels and chambers , excavated out of the solid rock and lined with cement . Here , safely buried ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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