Castles Of Europe

Author : Ulrike Schöber
Publisher : Booksales
ISBN 13 : 9789036617024
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles and Palaces of Europe written by Ulrike Schöber and published by Booksales. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most beautiful castles and palaces of Europe are presented here in 240 full-color photographs and illustrations, along with background information, historical facts and entertaining anecdotes. A treasure for lovers of history and architecture alike.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078646027X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles and Fortified Cities of Medieval Europe written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Middle Ages, castles and other fortified buildings were a common feature of the European landscape. As central powers rose and fell, the insecurity of the times inspired a revival of fortifications first introduced in the Roman Empire. Despite limitations in construction techniques and manpower, medieval fortifications were continuously adapted to meet new political circumstances and weapons technology. Here is an illustrated guide to the architecture of medieval fortifications, from the first castles to the fortified cities of the 15th and 16th centuries. In hundreds of detailed and thoroughly researched pen-and-ink drawings, historian and artist Jean-Denis G. G. Lepage introduces the reader to the development and diversity of European medieval military architecture. Each drawing is accompanied by meticulous descriptions of types of buildings (e.g., motte-and-bailey castles), built-in defenses (arrow slits, pepper-pot towers), and particular castles and cities (the Mont-Saint-Michel, the city of Jerusalem). Elements of medieval warfare and weaponry are also covered in drawings and text.

Author : William Anderson
Publisher : Outlet
ISBN 13 : 9780517442487
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles of Europe written by William Anderson and published by Outlet. This book was released on 1970 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colorful history of European castles, discussing their strategic and artistic significance from the Middle Ages to the sixteenth century

Author : Pamela L. Barrus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780917120169
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dream Sleeps written by Pamela L. Barrus and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descriptions of 132 castle and palace hotels in ten countries Austria,ngland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Scotland, andales include the history of each, facilities and services available,ctivities and excursions in the area, facilities for children and disabledersons, and maps showing the location of each. Annotation c

Author : William Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles of Europe written by William Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641711302
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Love of Europe written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories together into one inspiring, award-winning collection: For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories. Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100 of the best stories published throughout his career. Covering his adventures through England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, these are stories only Rick Steves could tell. Wry, personal, and full of Rick's signature humor, For the Love of Europe is a fond and inspirational look at a lifetime of travel. Winner of the 2022 Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award: Best Travel Book, Silver

Author : Klaus Merten
Publisher : Vendome Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book German Castles and Palaces written by Klaus Merten and published by Vendome Press. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to explore scores of castles & palaces in Germany.

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 : Reginald Allen Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Shire Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles written by Reginald Allen Brown and published by Bloomsbury Shire Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tadhg O'Keeffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781846828638
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland Encastellated AD 950-1550 written by Tadhg O'Keeffe and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite an ever-expanding literature on Irish castles, the relationships between the castle building tradition in Ireland and those of contemporary Europe have attracted very little attention among Irish scholars. This book seeks to remedy this by approaching the corpus of Irish castles as a non-Irish scholar might do. Is there a case for dating the first castles in Ireland to the tenth century in line with the revised chronology of castle-building on the Continent? Are castles in Ireland typical of their periods by contemporary standards in England and France in particular? Are any castles in Ireland genuinely innovative or radical by those contemporary standards? What inferences about Ireland's place in medieval Europe can be drawn from the evidence of its castles and their forms?