Französisch: château de terreEnglisch translation: earthworks or earthwork fortifications KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More |
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| Glossareintrag (aus Frage unten abgeleitet) | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: | château de terre | | Englisch Übersetzung: | earthworks or earthwork fortifications | | Eingetragen von: | J S |
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Übersetzungen Französisch > Englisch [PRO] Art/Literary - Geschichte | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: château de terre | In a tourist guide (Isère/Drôme) :
Sur les traces des *châteaux de terre*, des maisons fortes, des hommes avec une lecture du paysage.
I doubt that they're referring to mud castles!
Thanks in advance for your enlightenment,
Jocelyne. |
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| Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)French Foodie: 10:32am Mar 8, 2006: Doesn't provide you with a translation, but this site says that a château de terre is the same thing as a motte castrale (in ref to your previous question)
terrehttp://www.ac-grenoble.fr/vercors/cahier-du-peuil/numero-1/m... - French Foodie: 10:33am Mar 8, 2006: ...dans le monde rural, des seigneurs locaux tentent de mettre la main sur quelques parcelles de territoire. Pour asseoir leur pouvoir ils font édifier les premiers châteaux de terre et de bois : les mottes castrales. -
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| | earthwork fortifications | Erklärung: I don't know a better way of expressing it, though no doubt there is an erudite term for it!
But I just wanted to say that I don't believe this use of 'earth' is anything to do with waht the walls are made of (they would originally have been wooden pallisades, for example), but much more about the type of defences used, e.g. the classic bank-&-ditch layout, as perfected by the Romans.
This fits seamlessly with the idea of the 'motte castrale' --- there was a mound bearing some kind of building, and defensive earthworks all around.
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I don't at al dispute the use of mud or cob as a building material! (I'm sitting in a cob house right now, in Normandy!)
All I'm trying to say is that these early forts consisted mainly of earthworks with a wooden fort inside them --- the 'earth and wood' refers to just that, nothing whatever to do with the construction of the walls of the buildings themselves.... |
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| cob castle
Erklärung: "Cob"= "Torchis" which is probbly nearer to the "architecture" of these early "castles"
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The quote by Mara Bertelsen seems O.K. IMHO!
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| terracotta/earth castles
Erklärung: good luck
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Historic Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth in Spain. I am currently in Spain looking at rammed earth (Tapial) structures in the Murcia, Valencia and Andalucia regions. I will try to keep this section updated as much as possible while I am away. ... at Banos de la Encina, which is a huge rammed earth castle, but isn't open to the public ... section of the quite substantial rammed earth castle. Unfortunately there was no ...www.dur.ac.uk/p.a.jaquin/spain.htm - 59k - Cached - More from this site - Save
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| earthwork fortifications
Erklärung: I don't know a better way of expressing it, though no doubt there is an erudite term for it!
But I just wanted to say that I don't believe this use of 'earth' is anything to do with waht the walls are made of (they would originally have been wooden pallisades, for example), but much more about the type of defences used, e.g. the classic bank-&-ditch layout, as perfected by the Romans.
This fits seamlessly with the idea of the 'motte castrale' --- there was a mound bearing some kind of building, and defensive earthworks all around.
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I don't at al dispute the use of mud or cob as a building material! (I'm sitting in a cob house right now, in Normandy!)
All I'm trying to say is that these early forts consisted mainly of earthworks with a wooden fort inside them --- the 'earth and wood' refers to just that, nothing whatever to do with the construction of the walls of the buildings themselves....
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| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortenden| Thank you very much to all of you for your suggestions. I'm sorry that I can't split points... |
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