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Book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume III Part 1b Medieval Secular Monuments the Later Castles from 1217 to the present

Download or read book An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume III Part 1b Medieval Secular Monuments the Later Castles from 1217 to the present written by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. This book was released on 2000 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-three castles and fortified sites here described were founded or given their most significant fabric after 1217. They include tower-houses, strong houses, possible castles, and twenty masonry castles ranging from the great Clare works at Caerphilly and Morlais to the small modestly fortified sites at Barry and Weobley, and the exceptional fortified priory at Ewenny. The density and variety of the medieval fortifications in Glamorgan are unrivalled, and their study is enriched by an exceptional range of works on the history and records of a historic county formed by merging the lordships of Glamorgan and Gower. Part la described the early castles and traced their role in the Norman conquest and settlement of the fertile southern lowlands down to 1217, when the Clares inherited Glamorgan. In that year the Welsh had expelled the English from Gower and remained unconquered in the Glamorgan uplands. Gower was soon lost again, and under two redoubtable Clare lords the Glamorgan uplands were appropriated in the mid-13th century and secured in a notable programme of castle works. The castle-building of Earl Richard de Clare (1243-62) and his son, Gilbert, the 'Red Earl' (1263-95), as they achieved this 'second conquest of Glamorgan', foreshadowed the later campaigns of Edward I against Gwynedd. At Caerphilly, above all, Earl Gilbert's castle deserves comparison with the great Edwardian works; it introduced defensive features later to be adopted by King Edward's Savoyard master masons. Gower sites considered include the impressive masonry castles at Oystermouth and Penrice. A notable ornately arcaded domestic range at Swansea is the only surviving vestige of the chief castle of Gower, which is tentatively described from a variety of records. AH the illustrated descriptions incorporate detailed historical accounts. The introductory survey outlines the later descent of Glamorgan and Gower to the end of the 15th century, and along with the sectional preambles it provides general discussion of the sites.

Book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2009 Part 1B 110 2 Hearings

Download or read book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2009 Part 1B 110 2 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2011 Part 1B 111 2 Hearings

Download or read book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2011 Part 1B 111 2 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The New Testament in the original Greek with notes and introductions by C Wordsworth

Download or read book The New Testament in the original Greek with notes and introductions by C Wordsworth written by Christopher Wordsworth (bp. of Lincoln) and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book United States Digest

Download or read book United States Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2010 Part 1B 111 1 Hearings

Download or read book Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2010 Part 1B 111 1 Hearings written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tennessee Reports

Download or read book Tennessee Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version

Download or read book A Fourteenth Century English Biblical Version written by Anna Carolina Paues and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Procedural Report on the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing

Download or read book Procedural Report on the 1960 Censuses of Population and Housing written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: