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Most castles took the form of earthwork and timber motte-and-bailey or ringwork constructs ; easily built with local labour and resources, these were resilient and easy to defend.
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Most of the Teutonic army, under the command of Fritz Raweneck and Kaspar Nostyc, were mercenary soldiers gathered from the nearby castles Mewe ( Gniew ), Stargard ( Starogard Gdański ), Nowe, Skarszewy and Kiszewy.
Most of the Comyn castles in Moray, Aberdeen and Buchan were destroyed and their inhabitants killed.
Most were tools used in the infiltration of castles.
Most fortified cities and castles were conquered by Gustav's rebels, but the strongholds with the best defences, including Stockholm, were still under Danish control.
Most of these, especially in urban areas, were large enough to be best described as fortified townships rather than private dwellings and are therefore not usually classed as castles.
Most modern Japanese castles have moats filled with water, but castles in the feudal period more commonly had ' dry moats ' ( karahori, 空堀 ), essentially a ditch.
Most of the states in the South Asian region relied on the slender but strong Sialkoti brickslanateer for the erection of forts, castles, monuments, public buildings, infrastructure construction, etc ..
Most of the strategic Royal castles were placed into the keepership of Edward's nobles and English tax-collectors followed in their wake, imposing heavy taxes to fill their king's coffers, and corruptly exploiting the Scots populace to enrich themselves.
Most Japanese castles have been damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, or other causes.
Most of the work was making additions to existing castles to modernise them, as was done at Carlisle and Berwick-on-Tweed.
Most adventures take place in the dungeons, castles and forests of Eamon, though some occur on other worlds or in different eras.
Most of the roads are named after castles ; including Stokesay Close, Arundel Close, Clun Close and Pendennis Drive.
Most noted are the Kyrburg Castle in Kirn, the castles Ebernburg and Rheingrafenstein in Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg and the Klopp Castle in Bingen.
Most of the game occurs in towns, castles, caves, and similar areas.
Most of these castles were constructed in the Middle Ages.
Most of his time in " retirement ", Holmes spent in rebuilding the Isle of Wight's castles and managing parliamentary elections to ensure the return of government candidates.
Most of the castles in this border region of Centro are classified as national monuments.
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Most of the film took place at night and the filmmakers shot most of the film during the summer when the days were longest and the nights were the shortest.
Most of these conspiracies took place before Claudius ' term as Censor, and may have induced him to review the Senatorial rolls.
Most Acadian fishing activities were overshadowed by the comparatively enormous seasonal European fishing fleets based out of Newfoundland which took advantage of proximity to the Grand Banks.
Most military accidents took place while clearing the minefields in the immediate aftermath of the 1982 conflict or in the process of trying to establish the extent of the minefield perimeters, particularly where no detailed records existed.
Most of them took refuge in the proximity of the nearby Chapel of San Roque, possibly hoping for a rapid reconquest of Gibraltar, which never materialised.
Most trips end up embarrassing because Garfield will pig out, or Jon will do something stupid, including wearing an ugly shirt, which happened one night when he took Liz on a date.
Most accounts of the hanging indicate that it took ten to twenty minutes for Ribbentrop to die.
Most of the army of Jerusalem marched north with Philip, Raymond III, and Bohemond III to attack Hama, and Saladin took the opportunity to invade the kingdom.
Most economists today also contest that the value of capital is limited to the " congealed labor " that it took to build the capital when that capital can increase the productive capability of labor much more than that.
Most of her life, she was known as Maria Feodorovna (), the name which she took when she converted to Orthodoxy immediately before her 1866 marriage to the future Emperor Alexander III.
Most striking was the productivity surge in capital, as Milken … and others took the vast sums trapped in old-line businesses and put them back into the markets.
It is safe to say that there is not one sentence in the New Testament in which the is wholly uniform .” Most of the variation took place within the first three Christian centuries.
Most of these took elements of Marxist economic analysis, but combined them with a more cultural or ideological emphasis.
Most scholars therefore believe that the settlement of the Philistines took place in two stages.
Most combat took place at high altitudes.
Most of the filming took place in the farmhouse, which was filled with furniture constructed from animal bones and a latex material used as upholstery to give the appearance of human skin.
Most sources agree that Tizoc took power in 1481 ( the Aztec year " 2 House "), succeeding his older brother.
Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971.
Most probably the fiercest battle took place on August 8 at the eastern gate when the Hungarians tried to invade the fort in large numbers.
Most of them took traditional female jobs.
Most of the featured entertainment took place in the following venues: La Place des Arts ; Expo Theatre ; Place des Nations ; La Ronde and Automotive Stadium.
Most importantly, they sought new domestic trading partners, and took advantage of the political power of Jedidiah Huntington, the Custom Collector.
Most of the foreign civilians, which included a large number of missionaries and businessmen, took refuge in the British legation, the largest of the diplomatic compounds.
Most of the rebels took refuge in Naples, which was besieged in July, but despite the poor health conditions within the city, Roger was not able to take it, and returned to Messina late in the year.
Most of the conflict took place in Catalonia, although the first episode took place in the frontier of Navarre and Aragon.
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