The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 472
Louvre,the Bastille, tlie Tour de Nesle (Fig. 319), the Tiilais de Justice, Tlessis-les-Tours, &c. ; and as spécimens of the fortified to^vn in the Middle Ages,Avignon and the city of Carcassonne. Let us add that Aigucs-Mortcs, inrrovence ; Narbonnc, Thaini (Ilaut-Rhin), Yendôrae,… … Fig. 320.—Gâte of Moret. (Twelttli Centuiy.) 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-pHcity presided over the construction of…
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