Medieval Castles - Couverture souple

Cairns, Conrad

 
9780521315890: Medieval Castles
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521315891 ISBN 13 : 9780521315890
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987

Synopsis

From simple palisades to sophisticated fortress-palaces, this book explains how castles evolved to meet the demands of feudal society and improving technology. While centred on British castles, the book constantly sets them in a wider background and makes stimulating comparisons with developments in other countries to show the influences that affected castle builders. Conrad Cairns pays special attention to smaller castles, including the tower-houses of Scotland and Ireland and shows how the castle was also a residential construction. He describes how the changes which brought the Middle Ages to a close made the castle obsolete and how the name was inherited by forts and country houses.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From simple palisades to sophisticated fortress-palaces, this book explains how castles evolved to meet the demands of feudal society and improving technology. While centred on British castles, the book constantly sets them in a wider background and makes stimulating comparisons with developments in other countries to show the influences that affected castle builders. Conrad Cairns pays special attention to smaller castles, including the tower-houses of Scotland and Ireland and shows how the castle was also a residential construction. He describes how the changes which brought the Middle Ages to a close made the castle obsolete and how the name was inherited by forts and country houses.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521315891
ISBN 13 
9780521315890
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
48
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781417604104: Medieval Castles (Cambridge Introduction to World History)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1417604107 ISBN 13 :  9781417604104
Editeur : Tandem Library, 1987
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