. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. t their abodes. Thus Richard Cceur de Lion personally directedthe building of the Chateau-Gaillard, the key toNormandy ; William the Conqueror superintended agreat portion of the work on Windsor Castle; andEnguerrand III de Coucy was architect of the cel-ebrated chateau (Fig. 153) bearing his name, whosemighty strength probably inspired the arrogant de-vice : Roi ne suis, ni Prince aussi; Je suis le sire de Coucy. All mediaeval castles followed the same generalprinciples. The favourite site was a scarped height over- To ga
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. t their abodes. Thus Richard Cceur de Lion personally directedthe building of the Chateau-Gaillard, the key toNormandy ; William the Conqueror superintended agreat portion of the work on Windsor Castle; andEnguerrand III de Coucy was architect of the cel-ebrated chateau (Fig. 153) bearing his name, whosemighty strength probably inspired the arrogant de-vice : Roi ne suis, ni Prince aussi; Je suis le sire de Coucy. All mediaeval castles followed the same generalprinciples. The favourite site was a scarped height over- To gain this an armedhost had first to passthe barbican or outerwork, composed of abridge fortified withtowers (Fig. 154) ormerely palisades; nextthe drawbridge over themoat; then another pali-sade ; and finally thefirst embattled wall ofthe castle, often manyyards in thickness. The castle itself wascomposed of two walled inclosures called the innerand outer bailey, each filled with dwellings, while fromthe centre rose the high donjon tower, some two hun-dred feet in *< Fig. 153.—Chateau de Coucy. KEEPS, SECRET PASSAGES, ETC. 365 In England the donjon was usually square, andcalled a keep, good examples of which may still beseen in Rochester Castle and the White Tower ofthe Tower of London ; but later the square shapewas generally abandoned. Much ingenuity was expended on secret passagesand closets in the thickness of the walls, concealed
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