British Castles

Author : Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780715312551
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles of Britain and Ireland written by Plantagenet Somerset Fry and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text aims to bring to life every aspect of castles and castle life: why and how they were built; the weapons that were used; their social life in ordinary and extraordinary times; their provisioning; their maintenance; and their changing role in a continually evolving political climate.

Author : Lise E. Hull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313027447
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Britain's Medieval Castles written by Lise E. Hull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread construction of castles in Britain began as soon as Duke William of Normandy set foot on the shores of southern England in 1066. The castles that were constructed in the ensuing centuries, and whose ruins still scatter the British countryside today, provide us with an enduring record of the needs and ambitions of the times. But the essence of the medieval castle—a structure that is equal parts military, residential, and symbolic—reveals itself not only through the grandeur of such architectural masterpieces as the Tower of London, and the imposing nature of such royal residences as Windsor, but also in the aging masonry carvings, enduring battlements, and more modest earthen ramparts that have survived alongside them. Through a feature-by-feature account of the architectural elements and techniques used in constructing the medieval castle, author Lise Hull allows the multiple functions of these multifarious forms to shine through, and in so doing, lends a new vitality to the thousand faces that the medieval world assumed to discourage its enemies, inspire its friends, and control its subjects. This compelling investigation takes a unique look at each of the medieval castle's main roles: as an offensive presentation and defensive fortification, as a residential and administrative building, and as a symbolic structure demonstrating the status of its owner. Each chapter focuses on one specific role and uses concrete architectural features to demonstrate that aspect of the medieval castle in Britain. A wealth of illustrations is also provided, as is a glossary explaining the distinct parts of the castle and their functions. This book should be of interest to students researching architecture, the Middle Ages, or military history, as well as general readers interested in castles or considering a trip to Britain to observe some of these magnificent sites themselves.

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623655439
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Castles of Britain and Ireland written by Rodney Castleden and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many, medieval castles are the essence of Britain and Ireland's fascinating past. Immersed in history and centuries old, each one tells a story of Kings, Queens and feuding lords; war and bloody conflict; treason, revenge and murder. In Castles of Britain and Ireland, Rodney Castleden weaves a fascinating and detailed narrative of 115 of the grandest and most historically significant castles in the British Isles, including Balmoral in Scotland, Bunratty in Ireland, Caernarfon in Wales and St Michael's Mount in England. As well as the details of the construction, function, and often the destruction of these magnificent buildings, each chapter also tells the human stories behind these ancient walls, with fascinating details of everyday life within.

Author : Roy Charles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781999898168
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Castles and Palaces written by Roy Charles and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Castles and Palaces takes you on an epic tour of Britain's inspiring castles and palaces many of which still stand proud and can be visited today. Since around 280 AD, new invaders and established monarchs alike were prolific builders - symbols of power, wealth and fear. Britain's history can be detected in its majestic buildings bursting with fascinating tales when they have been attacked, burnt down and then rebuilt again. They have been home to the greatest figures in British history - Kings and Queens have been born and died in them and battles fought over them. Find out which is the largest inhabited castle in the world; which hotel includes a suite once slept in by Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; which senior Nazi was sent to the Tower of London by Churchill in WW2; the castle in which Charles I hid from Cromwell's forces; which childhood home of Henry VIII became the dazzling art-deco playground of a millionaire couple; at which castle was it said 'We've been waiting 700 years, you can have the seven minutes.' and who first made Buckingham Palace their home? This very readable book uncovers the secrets of incredible stories of warfare, intrigue, romance and even murder with full colour illustrations. As is now the tradition with the White on Black brand, £1 from each sale will be donated to charity, in this case Crisis - The Homelessness Charity.

Author : Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Publisher : David & Charles Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780715326923
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles written by Plantagenet Somerset Fry and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.

Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Crescent
ISBN 13 : 9780517442296
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Trust Book of British Castles written by Paul Johnson and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1984 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traces each step of the development of Britain's rich and varied collection of castles"--Cover

Author : Theodore Henry Fielding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Castles written by Theodore Henry Fielding and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Henry Ashdown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Castles written by Charles Henry Ashdown and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. G. Smith
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486435725
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Castles written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heavily fortified refuges and residences of nobility, castles were impressive symbols of the owner's power and wealth. This collection spotlights 30 royal castles of England, Scotland, and Wales, including Edinburgh and Windsor castles, St. Michael's Mount, Tintagel, the Tower of London, Caernarvon, and Ludlow. Captions provide information on each site, completing a fascinating book that's ideal for use at home or in the classroom.

Author : Charles Henry Ashdown
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Castles written by Charles Henry Ashdown and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the richness and variety of both technical and popular literature upon Castles generally, it may appear superfluous to send forth another book upon the same subject, and, if investigation had been at a standstill or barren in results during the past decade, criticism would be justified. But much has come to light upon this interesting subject which undoubtedly revolutionizes pre-existing ideas, both as to primitive forms of castellations and of those in historic periods. The allocation of the former to approximately definite epochs, and also of two great and important phases of the latter to well-defined periods, are the salient features of late investigations. Unfortunately the ordinary reader is debarred from becoming intimate with these changes of thought, inasmuch as newly acquired discoveries are generally to be found only in the transactions of learned Societies or in disconnected brochures not readily available. To bring these ideas to a focus and present them in such a form that the Man in the Street—undoubtedly a member of the preponderating majority—may readily comprehend them is one of the aims of the writer, while another is to suggest to the ordinary observer that the earthworks in our islands entitle primitive man to be considered with much more respect and consideration than has hitherto been afforded him.