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Devizes: History and Guide
Lorna Haycock
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Description for Devizes: History and Guide
Paperback. A history of Devizes Series: Tempus History & Guide Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 120ill.(20col.). BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 378.
Devizes began as the satellite town of a great Norman castle built in the twelfth century by Bishop Roger of Salisbury to defend the boundaries of his church's domain. Roger was Chancellor to Henry I and a powerful man in the land while the king was fighting in France. The castle in Devizes, by all accounts an impressive structure, played an important role in military and political events as Stephen and Matilda vied for the English throne following Henry's death. At the end of the Middle Ages the importance of the castle declined and Devizes became primarily a market town, ... Read more
Devizes began as the satellite town of a great Norman castle built in the twelfth century by Bishop Roger of Salisbury to defend the boundaries of his church's domain. Roger was Chancellor to Henry I and a powerful man in the land while the king was fighting in France. The castle in Devizes, by all accounts an impressive structure, played an important role in military and political events as Stephen and Matilda vied for the English throne following Henry's death. At the end of the Middle Ages the importance of the castle declined and Devizes became primarily a market town, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Tempus History & Guide Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752421599
SKU
V9780752421599
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