In the present volume an attempt is made to trace the growth of the general principles of medieval fortification, with special reference to castles, in which, within their limited area, the most complete illustration of those principles is given. In order to give greater clearness to the account of their evolution, a prefatory chapter deals generally with earlier types of fortification in Britain, and the critical period of Saxon and Danish warfare is treated in the second chapter with some detail. This leads us to the early Norman castle of earthwork and timber; and the stone fortifications to which this gave place are introduced by a brief account of the progress of siegecraft and siege-engines. The Norman castle and its keep or great tower are then described. The developments of the later part of the twelfth century and the arrangements of the thirteenth-centuryviii castle, with those of the dwelling-house within its enceinte, follow and prepare the way for the castles of the reign of Edward I. which represent the highest effort of military planning. In the last two chapters is related the progress of the transition from the castle to the fortified manor-house, which followed the introduction of fire-arms into warfare and preceded the Renaissance period. It will be seen that the castle is taken as the unit of military architecture throughout; but illustrations are constantly drawn from walled towns, which are, in fact, the castles of communities, and in the eleventh chapter extended allusion is made to the chief features of their plan and defences.

Originally published in 1918, this book contains the French text of Alain-Rene Lesage's satire Turcaret, written in the early eighteenth century. Thompson prefaces the comedy with a biography of Lesage and an analysis of his place in the canon of French playwrights alongside Moliere. This book will be of value to anyone interested in eighteenth-century French drama or in the works of Lesage.

Originally published in 1920, this book contains the French text of the eighth and ninth books of Chateaubriand's Memoires d-Outre-Tombe. These two books cover Chateubriand's time in England between 1792 and 1800, when he was living in exile after fighting on the Royalist side at the siege of Thionville, during which time he became acquainted with English literature and wrote his influential essay on the causes of the French Revolution. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Chateaubriand's life and work."

Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861) was a distinguished English historian, solicitor and antiquarian, now considered to be the founder of the Public Record Office. After his death, Palgrave's son Sir Inglis Palgrave edited his Collected Historical Works, which focus mostly on the Anglo-Norman and Middle Ages. Originally published in 1922, this eighth volume of the Collected Historical Works contains the text of Palgrave's two stories on life in the Middle Ages in England, 'The Merchant and the Friar' and 'Three Generations of an Imaginary Norfolk Family'. The volume is introduced by prolific historian A. Hamilton Thompson. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in medieval life or in Victorian historiography.

Originally published in 1913 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the text of Alexander Pope's poetic 'epistles' on the nature of man, originally written between 1733 and 1734. Thompson prefaces the poems with a synopsis of each, as well as a history of their creation. Detailed notes follow at the end of the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the work of Alexander Pope.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Tragedy Of King Richard The Third William Shakespeare Harper, 1891 Drama; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare

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