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« Montignac in the Middle Ages » (the growth of a village around its castle) by Bernard Fournioux. |
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Montignac bridge, as it probably was in the Late Middle Ages. Drawing by Bernard Fournioux |
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The Great Hall of the Lord of the Manor in Mediaeval Périgord (13th - 15th centuries). Watercolour by Marcel Pajot, after a description by B. Fournioux. |
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By blowing horns (olifants) to warn of incursions by armed
cavalrymen, signals were sent from the fortalicium de Coulongesand then sent on to theTour de Belloc and the Tour dal Buc - all the way to the Château de Montignac. (Illustration by Vincent Lesbros) |
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