Mediaeval England English Feudal Society From the Norman Conquest to the Middle
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Once asked him how one of such humble birth could teach the young nobility so well, and he answered that he had learned the art in greater courts than that of the king of England, namely, in his books of history. 10. In spite of Henry II. 's new law which allowed no one to build a castle or a " domus defensabilis " without licence, the reigns of all the kings of this period were chronically disturbed by sieges of unruly subjects in their strong towers. But the greatest of the castles were now u...nder the king's castellans, who BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. MM "I CONISBOROUGH CASTLE. 184 THE NOBILITY [1154-I25O were carefully chosen from his trusted supporters. For the subjugation of Wales some 250 castles and castellets are reckoned to have been in existence by the end of Henry II. 's reign, and, in England, 657 in all by 1189. Many of these had neither square nor shell keep, but consisted of earthworks such as Neckham has admirably described. If a castle is to be decently built he says, it should be supported by a double foss or ditch.
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