Castles: Their Construction and History Steven Dowd remind me of those whom

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Gustave Kahn

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Castles: Their Construction and History Steven Dowd remind me of those whomThe art of fortification had reached a high state of development even at the dawn of history. Powerful military works, dating from the remotest periods, have been found in Asia Minor, in Greece, and in the basins of the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Nile rivers. The medieval castle, with its strategic, crenellated ramparts and aura of legend and romance, represents perhaps the most familiar form of a long crucial art. This concise, scholarly volume