Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages
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- MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
- A. HAMILTON THOMPSON M.A., F.S.A.
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CHAPTER I EARLY EARTHWORKS AND ROMAN STATIONS
- CHAPTER II THE SAXON AND DANISH PERIOD
- CHAPTER III THE ENGLISH CASTLE AFTER THE CONQUEST
- CHAPTER IV THE PROGRESS OF ATTACK AND DEFENCE
- CHAPTER V THE BEGINNING OF THE STONE CASTLE
- CHAPTER VI THE KEEP OF THE NORMAN CASTLE
- CHAPTER VII THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION: CYLINDRICAL TOWER-KEEPS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DWELLING-HOUSE IN THE CASTLE
- CHAPTER IX CASTLES OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY: THE FORTIFICATION OF THE CURTAIN
- CHAPTER X THE EDWARDIAN CASTLE AND THE CONCENTRIC PLAN
- CHAPTER XI MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES: FORTIFIED TOWNS AND CASTLES
- CHAPTER XII THE AGE OF TRANSITION: THE FORTIFIED DWELLING-HOUSE
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX OF PERSONS AND PLACES
- INDEX RERUM
- GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND
- SCREENS AND GALLERIES IN ENGLISH CHURCHES
- FONTS & FONT COVERS
- VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- Wood Carvings in English Churches
- STALLS AND TABERNACLE WORK IN ENGLISH CHURCHES
- ENGLISH MILITARY ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHURCH BELLS IN ENGLAND
- CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
- INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE FOR GENERAL READERS
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