Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 224
nice thatthe private palaces of the nobles still shadow forth therole played in history by the earliest modern country ofmodern Europe. The most remarkable examples of the fortificationswhich were necessary in all the medieval towns ofEurope are found at present in Southern France.… … Fig. 120.—Ludlow Castle. a^ well the remarkable independence of the individualexamples, are most apparent. The Italian Gothic is mainly not Gothic atall in any character-istic sense. In factits main features arequite antagonistic tothe Gothic system.The words specify aperiod rather than astyle.…
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