TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
Preface[vii]
Bibliography[xiii]
I.Early Earthworks and Roman Stations[1]
II.The Saxon and Danish Period[21]
III.The English Castle after the Conquest[35]
IV.The Progress of Attack and Defence[58]
V.The Beginning of the Stone Castle[83]
VI.The Keep of the Norman Castle[110]
VII.The Period of Transition: Cylindrical Tower-Keeps[160]
VIII.The Dwelling-House in the Castle[188]
IX.Castles of the Thirteenth Century: The Fortification of the Curtain[212]
X.The Edwardian Castle and the Concentric Plan[252]
XI.Military Architecture in the Later Middle Ages: Fortified Towns and Castles[287]
XII.The Age of Transition: The Fortified Dwelling-House[334]
Index of Persons and Places[369]
Index Rerum[381]