Wax, stone and iron:: Dover's town defences in the late Middle Ages

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183 - 207; figs; refs
Author:
Sweetinburgh, Sheila
Abstract:
An assessment of Dover's defensive measures in the context of late medieval provincial society, looking at the evidence of archaeological finds and town records and at the processes involved in the provision and maintenance of the walls. The paper looks at the development of Dover's defences from c. 1300 to the late medieval period, and the role and place of the town wall. Dodds, Damaris
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