Fortified house
Type of medieval residence
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A fortified house or fortified mansion, from French maison forte, is a type of building which developed in Europe during the Middle Ages, generally with significant fortifications added.[citation needed] During the earlier Roman period it was common for wealthy landowners to construct unfortified villas on their lands.[citation needed] After the fall of Rome, increased social instability and military conflict necessitated more austere, defensible types of structures.[citation needed] A castle is a type of particularly well-fortified residence.[citation needed] In English-language academic works of castellology, the French term maison-forte is also used,[1] more seldom unhyphenated (maison forte[2]).
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See also
- Bastle house, fortified farmhouses on the Anglo-Scottish border
- Block house
- Fortified houses in Ireland
- Fortification: Frontier forts in N America, including forts, stations and fortified homesteads
- Manor house
- Tower house
Literature
- Bur, Michel (1986). "La maison forte au Moyen Age" (in French). Actes de la table ronde de Nancy, Pont-à-Mousson, 1984, Paris: Ed. CNRS.
- Cayot, Fabrice (2003). "Les maisons seigneuriales rurales à la fin du Moyen Age (XIVe–XVIe s.) dans l'Yonne" (in French). Annales de Bourgogne, 75, pp. 259–288.
- Mouillebouche, Hervé (2002). Les maisons fortes en Bourgogne du Nord du XIIIe au XVIe siècle (in French). Dijon: EUD.
