The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 462
the Middle Ages, rose the church—the home ofpeace ; but everywhere also towered up at the same time the castle, thatcharacterised the permanent state of war in which feudal society lived,delighted, and gloried. The castles of the richest and most powerful nobles, says M. Yaudoyer,consisted of… … [Fig. 314.—Ancient Castle of Marcoussis, near Rambouillet. (Thirteenth Century.) and other towers, more or less numerous, flanked the walls, and servedfor the defence of the place. (Fig. 314). These castles, adds M. Merimee, generally present the same characteristics as the ancient castellum; buta…
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