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British Castles

Chapter 18: EXCERPTS FROM PREFACE
By Charles Henry Ashdown
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A systematic survey of medieval and prehistoric fortifications in Britain, tracing development from natural and artificial earthworks through motte-and-bailey, shell and rectangular and cylindrical keeps, to concentric castles, castellated mansions, and Scottish examples. It synthesizes recent archaeological and documentary findings to reassess chronology and typology, clarifying distinctions between early Saxon and Norman forms and between keeps and wards. Illustrated plans and color plates accompany discussions of construction, defensive features, and siegecraft, and a chapter addresses methods of medieval siege and defence. The tone aims to make specialist advances accessible to general readers while re-evaluating earlier classifications.

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Vol. I. EARLY ENGLISH.   Vol. III. TUDOR & STUART.
Vol. II. MIDDLE AGES.   Vol. IV. GEORGIAN.

EXCERPTS FROM PREFACE

There is no reason why a book dealing with antiquarian subjects should be written in the dry-as-dust method; that it should be clear stands to reason; that it should be as complete as possible is a justification of its being; but beyond these it is eminently necessary that it should be interesting.

It is to every kind of historical student that this book is addressed, especially to those who endeavour to make the dry bones of history live—the author, the artist, and the actor. It is, also, for all who take an intelligent interest in history, and who would wish to see the shifting panorama of men move before their eyes in the right colours and clothes.

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