Castles
Title | Castles PDF eBook |
Author | Plantagenet Somerset Fry |
Publisher | David & Charles Publishers |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Castles |
ISBN | 9780715326923 |
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.
Castles of England, Scotland and Wales
Title | Castles of England, Scotland and Wales PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Johnson |
Publisher | Orion Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 215 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780753802625 |
England, Scotland, and Wales together possess one of the largest and most impressive collections of castles anywhere in the world. Their names--Kenilworth, Edinburgh, Bodiam, Stirling, Tintagel--conjure images of romance, battles and intrigue. Trace each stage of the castles' development from Norman times through Plantagenet and Edwardian expansion, including their role in strengthening the coastline during the Tudor age, the appalling devastation suffered in the Civil War, and the gradual decay of the castle--and its renaissance.
The Castles of Britain and Ireland
Title | The Castles of Britain and Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Castleden |
Publisher | Quercus |
Total Pages | 668 |
Release | 2014-08-19 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1623655439 |
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.
Castles of England, Scotland and Wales
Title | Castles of England, Scotland and Wales PDF eBook |
Author | Paul JOHNSON |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9782978316239 |
Medieval Castles of England and Wales
Title | Medieval Castles of England and Wales PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Lowry |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 81 |
Release | 2017-05-23 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1784422142 |
A fully illustrated guide to and history of the castles of England and Wales in the late medieval period focusing on their roles in military and social history.
The Medieval Castles of Wales
Title | The Medieval Castles of Wales PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Kenyon |
Publisher | University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | 194 |
Release | 2010-10-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0708323634 |
This book provides the visitor to the castles of Wales with a history and description of the main castles open to the public. There is an easy-to-understand outline of how castles developed, as well as features that give more detail of the different parts of a castle, such as keeps and gatehouses.
The Medieval Castle in England and Wales
Title | The Medieval Castle in England and Wales PDF eBook |
Author | Norman J. G. Pounds |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780521458283 |
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.