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by Sidney Toy
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Castles, Fortification, History, Military architecturePlaces
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Castles: Their Construction and History
2013, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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Castles: Their Construction and History
2013, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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Castles: their construction and history
1985, Dover Publications, Inc.
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- Corrected republication of Castles : a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 1600, published by Heinemann, London, 1939
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Castles: a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600
1939, W. Heinemann, ltd.
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Castles: a short history of fortifications from 1600B.C. to A.D.1600
1939, William Heinemann
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First Sentence
"From the earliest times cities and palaces were surrounded by walls, often of enormous thickness and of great height; the walls being surmounted by walks with embattled parapets."
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| I. The ancient fortresses of Babylon, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Asia Minor and Greece | ||
| II. Fortifications of Greece and Rome, 300 B.C. to 200 B.C. | ||
| III. Fortifications of the Levant, Rome, and Western Europe, 200 B.C. to 30 B.C. | ||
| IV. Fortifications of the Roman Empire | ||
| V. Byzantine Fortifications from the fifth to tenth century | ||
| VI. Fortifications of Western Europe from the fifth to eleventh century | ||
| VII. Rectangular keeps or donjons | ||
| VIII. Byzantine and Saracen fortifications of the twelfth century | ||
| IX. Transitional keeps of the twelfth century | ||
| X. Fortifications and buildings of the bailey in the eleventh and twelfth centuries | ||
| XI. Castles from about 1190 to 1270 | ||
| XII. Siege engines and siege operations of the Middle Ages | ||
| XIII. Edwardian and contemporary castles | ||
| XIV. Towns, fortified bridges, and towers | ||
| XV. Gatehouses and defences of the curtain during the thriteenth and fourteenth centuries | ||
| XVI. Development of the tower-house | ||
| XVII. Sixteenth century forts | ||
| Index |
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corrected reprint. Originally published: London : W. Heinemann, 1939 with title: Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600.
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