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Page 38
Some of the larger and more important keeps of the second half of the twelfth century also have four floors , as Scarborough and in the still later round keeps of Conisborough and Pembroke . On the other hand some keeps have definitely ...
Some of the larger and more important keeps of the second half of the twelfth century also have four floors , as Scarborough and in the still later round keeps of Conisborough and Pembroke . On the other hand some keeps have definitely ...
Page 59
During the twelfth century it seems that for every £ 20 a year brought in by an estate , the owner had to supply a fully armed and accoutred soldier to his feudal overlord . These soldiers were called " knights , " which , of course ...
During the twelfth century it seems that for every £ 20 a year brought in by an estate , the owner had to supply a fully armed and accoutred soldier to his feudal overlord . These soldiers were called " knights , " which , of course ...
Page 78
By the middle of the second half of the twelfth century , therefore , we find the primitive aisled hall at the ground level coming back into the scheme of things . Probably many of them were as yet entirely of timber , as appears to ...
By the middle of the second half of the twelfth century , therefore , we find the primitive aisled hall at the ground level coming back into the scheme of things . Probably many of them were as yet entirely of timber , as appears to ...
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Contents
CASTLES OF EARTH | 3 |
GREAT STONE TOWERS | 23 |
LOFTY WALLS | 56 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Castle British heritage series |
| Author | Hugh Braun |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | B.T. Batsford, 1943 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 29 Jul 2019 |
| Length | 120 pages |
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