Principles and Methods for Historical Linguistics

The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England

“…George T. Clark might be classed as the Thomas Rickman of medieval castle architecture. His book of 1884, entitled Mediaeval Military Architecture in England, 19 classified castles within a typological system. Rickman's architectural periods represent successively more complex and daring feats of architectural engineering, but Rickman also identifies and discusses them in aesthetic terms, as changes of style.…”

“…pp. [19][20]p. 32. Dover and the Tower of London, standing Roman structures nearby ensure a visual comparison between medieval and Roman banding patterns.…”

“…This castle is described in both Macsen's dream sequence and in the journey of his emmissaries as lying at the mouth of a river near the coast, before the sea journey to Britain: Jones and Jones, 'The Dream of Macsen Wledig', pp. 79,83 19. Williams, BreudaU-), dMaxen, pp.…”