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 466
, the old Louvre,the Bastille, the Tour de Nesle (Fig. 319), the Palais de Justice, Plessis-les-Tours, &c. ; and as specimens of the fortified town in the Middle Ages,Avignon and the city of Carcassonne. Let us add that Aigues-Mortes, inProvence; Narbonne, Thann (Haut-Rhin), Yendome,… … Fig. 320.—Gate of Jloret. (Twelfth Century.) shadow of their donjons built with many strategical contrivances and ofsubstantial materials; while the large and small towns were surroundedwith deep moats, high walls, impregnable towers, the most primitive sim-plicity presided over the construction of…
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