The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 468
ddle Ages, rose the churcli—tho home ofpoacc ; but cverywhere also towered up at the sanie tinic thc castlc, tliatchnracterised the permanent sfatc of war in whirh feudal soeiety livod,delightcd, and gloried. Thc castlcs of tho richest and most powerful nobles, says ÎI. Vaudoyer,consisted of… … IFîgr. 314.—Ancient Castle of Marcoussis, near Rambouillet. (Tiiirteenth Century.) and other towers, more or less numerous, flanked the walls, and servedfor the defenceof the place. (Fig. 314). Thèse castles, adds M. Mérimée,generally présent the same characteristics as the ancient casteïïum; buta…
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