Palaces from the Hundred Years' War to the Wars of the Roses - Professor Simon Thurley

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What was the difference between the fortress of a great magnate and the palace of a king? A lack of differentiation dogged the medieval monarchy. Yet royal buildings were deliberately distinct from their aristocratic imitators.

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