The Medieval Tower: A refuge and a base for royal power - статья по прочим предметам

 

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  • New royal lodgings were included in the upper part of St Thomas’s Tower.
  • On both occasions the King fled to the Tower of London.
  • The ditch was intended to flood naturally from the river, although this was not a success.
  • Like Longchamp, John had to cope with frequent opposition throughout his reign.
  • A new wall was also built enclosing the west side of the Inmost Ward.
  • It was surrounded by a moat, this time successfully flooded by a Flemish engineer, John Le Fosser.
  • Almost all these buildings survive in some form today.
  • This was completed in its present form by his successor Richard II (1377-99) .
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