Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... gatehouse - keep has survived 21 months of artillery bombardment and 600 years of weathering - a fitting emblem for the local building society . 14 November 1645. By now the king's cause was hopeless , but Colonel Boys still held out ...
... gatehouse - keep has survived 21 months of artillery bombardment and 600 years of weathering - a fitting emblem for the local building society . 14 November 1645. By now the king's cause was hopeless , but Colonel Boys still held out ...
Page 79
... gatehouse and cracking fabric of Clifford's Tower ( York ) today ( see figure 32 ) . In 1315–16 , a flood washed away part of the motte , but most weakening occurred after Robert Redhead became governor in 1596. At that time Clifford's ...
... gatehouse and cracking fabric of Clifford's Tower ( York ) today ( see figure 32 ) . In 1315–16 , a flood washed away part of the motte , but most weakening occurred after Robert Redhead became governor in 1596. At that time Clifford's ...
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... gatehouse serving as the principal ac- commodation and administrative headquarters , and as final refuge for a beleaguered baron or king . ( If he was also an impecunious baron or 41 The citadel of the walled city of Carcassonne in the ...
... gatehouse serving as the principal ac- commodation and administrative headquarters , and as final refuge for a beleaguered baron or king . ( If he was also an impecunious baron or 41 The citadel of the walled city of Carcassonne in the ...
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