... and lords, on the same terms. This process was repeated all the way down the pyramid to the knight who was the local lord of the manor. The amount of land a man held was directly proportional to the amount of military service he could render. A knight might only be liable to ... residence of the lord and his family. Although the word keep is used by all modern authorities on Medieval military architecture, it was unknown in the Middle Ages. In contemporary writings, the shell keep is usually referred to simply as the motte and the tower keep as the great tower (Latin: magna ... the res...

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