Castles Their History And Evolution In Medieval Britain

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Pegasus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781681776866
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles written by Marc Morris and published by Pegasus Books. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country’s most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples.At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like William the Conqueror, King John and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awesome scale. But it is also by turns an intimate story of less eminent individuals, whose adventures, struggles and ambitions were reflected in the fortified residences they constructed. Be it ever so grand or ever so humble, a castle was first and foremost a home.To understand castles—who built them, who lived in them, and why—is to understand the forces that shaped medieval Britain.

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Pan Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780330432467
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castle written by Marc Morris and published by Pan Books Limited. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Castle' is a wide-ranging and original history of some of the most magnificent buildings in Britain. It explores many of the country's most famous and best-loved castles, as well as some little-known national treasures.|PB

Author : Norman J. G. Pounds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521458283
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Castle in England and Wales written by Norman J. G. Pounds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and pioneering book examines the role of the castle in the Norman conquest of England and in the subsequent administration of the country. The castle is seen primarily as an instrument of peaceful administration which rarely had a garrison and was more often where the sheriff kept his files and employed his secretariat. In most cases the military significance of the castle was minimal, and only a very few ever saw military action. For the first time, the medieval castle in England is seen in a new light which will attract the general reader of history and archaeology as much as the specialist in economic and social history.

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.

Author : O. H. Creighton
Publisher : Equinox Publishing Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781904768678
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Castles and Landscapes written by O. H. Creighton and published by Equinox Publishing Ltd.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paperback edition of a book first published in hardback in 2002 is a fascinating and provocative study which looks at castles in a new light, using the theories and methods of landscape studies.

Author : Abigail Wheatley
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1903153611
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Idea of the Castle in Medieval England written by Abigail Wheatley and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way of looking at the medieval castle - as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art and literature.

Author : Marc Morris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605987468
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Great and Terrible King written by Marc Morris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major biography of a truly formidable king, whose reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale. Edward I is familiar to millions as "Longshanks," conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace (in "Braveheart"). Yet that story forms only the final chapter of the king's action-packed life. Earlier, Edward had defeated and killed Simon de Montfort in battle; traveled to the Holy Land; conquered Wales, extinguishing its native rulers and constructing a magnificent chain of castles. He raised the greatest armies of the Middle Ages and summoned the largest parliaments; notoriously, he expelled all the Jews from his kingdom. The longest-lived of England's medieval kings, Edward fathered fifteen children with his first wife, Eleanor of Castile and, after her death, erected the Eleanor Crosses—the grandest funeral monuments ever fashioned for an English monarch. In this book, Marc Morris examines afresh the forces that drove Edward throughout his relentless career: his character, his Christian faith, and his sense of England's destiny—a sense shaped largely by the tales of the legendary King Arthur. Morris also explores the competing reasons that led Edward's opponents (including Robert Bruce) to resist him. The result is a sweeping story, immaculately researched yet compellingly told, and a vivid picture of medieval Britain at the moment when its future was decided.

Author : Adrian Pettifer
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851157825
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Castles written by Adrian Pettifer and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1995 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors A well-written contribution to the literature on the subject, and will interest both the historically minded tourist and, as a reference book, the scholar. WAR IN HISTORY A comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers, and spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors. English Castles contains over five hundred main entries in county order, each giving a brief history and description of the castle. A short introduction supplies the historical background to the explosion of castle-building in the middle ages, and there is a glossary covering all aspects of castles in some detail. There are also full Ordnance Survey map references.

Author : Norman John Greville Pounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780521383493
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Castle in England and Wales written by Norman John Greville Pounds and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and pioneering book examines the role of the castle in the Norman conquest of England and in the subsequent administration of the country. The castle is seen as primarily an instrument of peaceful administration which rarely had a garrison and was more often where the sheriff or steward kept his files and employed his secretariat. There have been many studies of the medieval castle. All have stressed the architectural development of the castle, but almost none have even mentioned the role of the castle in the social and economic history of England. This book deals exclusively with these aspects of the castle's history, in particular with the attempts of the crown to control and limit castle building and with the role of the castle in the administration of the country. In most cases the military significance of the castles was minimal, and only a very few ever saw military action or indeed maintained a garrison. For the first time, the medieval castle in England is seen in a new light that will attract the general reader of history and archaeology as much as the specialist in economic and social history. N.J.G. Pounds is the author of

Author : D.J. Cathcart King
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429558635
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Castle in England and Wales written by D.J. Cathcart King and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988, The Castles in England and Wales is a comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles in England and Wales. The books looks at how following the Norman Conquest, one of the most characteristic structures of the English landscape, the castle, was used to control and survey the population. In its simplest definition a castle is a fortified habitation, however this book looks at the many uses of castles, from their most primitive kind, intended only for periodic use, or as magnificent decoration, such as Caernarvon and other Welsh castles of Edward I. It is essential reading for all archaeologists and historians alike.