Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance - Couverture souple

Johnson, Matthew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415261007 ISBN 13 : 9780415261005

Editeur : Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both. By encouraging the reader to view castles in relation to their inhabitants, Matthew Johnson uncovers a whole new vantage point. He shows how castles functioned as stage-settings against which people played out roles of lord and servant, husband and wife, father and son. Building, rebuilding and living in a castle was as complex an experience as a piece of medieval art. Behind the Castle Gate brings castles and their inhabitants alive. Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives it will be read avidly by all with an interest in castles.

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Johnson, Matthew

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415261007
• ISBN 13: 9780415261005
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible