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Definition of Castles
1. castle [v] - See also: castle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Castles
Literary usage of Castles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"It was the castles which contained those dens of torment where men pined as no
martyrs had ... The change which had gradually The castles put the lord, ..."
2. Life and Times of Stein, Or, Germany and Prussia in the Napoleonic Age by John Robert Seeley (1879)
"NOTHING is so well known to English tourists as the ruined castles that are ...
Of the former owners of these castles, most of us are content to believe ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"But an interesting transitional type between the medieval stronghold and the
modern fortress is found in the coast castles erected by Henry VIII., ..."
4. The Reign of William Rufus and the Accession of Henry the First by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"The castles with which we are to deal are of course for the most part castles
... Not a few others of the famous castles of the district belong to times far ..."
5. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"In the west part are two most strong castles, &c." To begin therefore with the
most famous Tower of London, situate in the east, near unto the river of ..."
6. The History of Civilization: From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French by Guizot (François), F. Guizot, William Hazlitt (1856)
"... feudal castles—Their multiplication in the 9th and 10th centuries—Causes of
this—Efforts of the kings and powerful suzerains to oppose it—Futility of ..."
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