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baron
History; Medieval

vassal who holds directly from the crown and serves as a member of the king's great council. It is not, of itself, a title, but rather a description of the Tenants in Chief class ...

baroque
History; Medieval

large-scale, forceful and original treatment of Renaissance architecture, associated with Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor and Archer.

barrel vault
History; Medieval

semi-circular roof of stone, or timber.

barrow
History; Medieval

ancient, earthen burial mound.

bartizan
History; Medieval

small turret corbelled out from corner or flank of a tower or wall.

bastion
History; Medieval

another word for tower or turret projecting from a wall length or at the junction of two walls.

batter
History; Medieval

sloping, or splayed, part of a wall, particularly of a great tower or an enclosing curtain.

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