Note 75 — Chapter IV · THE PROGRESS OF ATTACK AND DEFENCE
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Ord. Vit., viii. 24. Cf. viii. 16, where Robert of Normandy, another great Crusader, besieging Courcy-sur-Dives in 1091, caused a great wooden tower or belfry (berfredum) to be built, which was burned by the defenders. Robert of Bellême was also present at this siege.