1st Edition
The Castle in England and Wales An Interpretive History
By D.J. Cathcart King
Copyright 1988
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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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,... Read more
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
1 The Character of a Castle
2. Castle-Guard
3. Control Over Castles, at Home and Abroad
4. On the Development of Castles
5. The Origins of the Castle
6. The Primitive English Castle – Earthwork
7. The Primitive English Castle – Stone
8. The Influence of the Crusades
9. The Introduction of Scientific Fortifications
10. The Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries
11. The Castles of the Welsh
12. The Fourteenth Century
13. The Fifteenth Century, and Early Artillery Defences
14. Henry VIII and Coast Defence
Appendix: A Note on Keeps
Index
Biography
D.J. Cathcart King
