Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 87
... result being the excommunication of the Emperor Henry IV . With such a curse laid upon him , all his subjects were automatically freed from their oath of allegiance to him . For his friends , that did not matter . His enemies saw it as ...
... result being the excommunication of the Emperor Henry IV . With such a curse laid upon him , all his subjects were automatically freed from their oath of allegiance to him . For his friends , that did not matter . His enemies saw it as ...
Page 124
... result in a miss ; at worst a dismounted cannon with its crew lying dead and injured around it . - But the stouthearted gunners of Mortella Point knew their trade . The Royal Navy was driven off , so the army had to be called in . They ...
... result in a miss ; at worst a dismounted cannon with its crew lying dead and injured around it . - But the stouthearted gunners of Mortella Point knew their trade . The Royal Navy was driven off , so the army had to be called in . They ...
Page 130
... result was that European influence and power extended over the whole Earth . There was no people , no territory , whose natural resources were not developed and ex- ploited by European industrialists ; and no soci- ety whose culture was ...
... result was that European influence and power extended over the whole Earth . There was no people , no territory , whose natural resources were not developed and ex- ploited by European industrialists ; and no soci- ety whose culture was ...
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