Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903 · New York : Scribner and Welford · leaf 56
with a walled inclosure at itsfeet, often protected by a wide ditch (fosse or moat),formed the castle of the twelfth century, and in some cases[e.g. the White Tower of London), this keep was of con-siderable size. The first step in enlargement was toincrease the number and importance of the… … Fig. 7.—House of Jaques Cceur at Boubges. (Begun 14J3 ) modernised, will give a good idea of what a tirst classcastle grew to be by successive additions of this sort. Incastles erected near the end of the thirteenth century{e.g. Conway Castle in North Wales), and later, the IG GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.…
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