IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

BRITAIN: ENGLAND
BODIAM CASTLE

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PLAN

Adapted from A Short History of Fortifications From 1600 BC to AD 1600, Toy, p. 115
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West Front

EXTERIOR VIEWS

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Exterior From the South (?)	Exterior From the North

INTERIOR

Adapted from A Short History of Fortifications From 1600 BC to AD 1600, Toy, p. 115
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Preliminary Notes

On Octobber 21, 1385, Sir Edward Dalygrugge recieved a license to make his manor house into a castle "in defence of the adjacent country against the King's enemies". (Pat 9 Rivh II pt 1. m33)

Preliminary Bibliography

Platt, Colin. The Castle in Medieval England and Wales. New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1981.

Thompson, Alexander Hamilton. Military architecture in England during the middle ages, by A. Hamilton Thompson ... illustrated by 200 photographs,... drawings, and plans. London, New York [etc.:] H. Frowde, 1912.

Toy, Sidney. Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600. London: W. Heinemann, Ltd., 1939.