The rise of the castle / M.W. Thompson.

Main entry:

Thompson, M. W. (Michael Welman)

Title & Author:

The rise of the castle / M.W. Thompson.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Description:

ix, 205 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Sequel: The decline of the castle.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-194) and index.

Summary:

Paying attention to the domestic accommodation of castles, the author considers the way the timber feasting halls of the Anglo-Saxon nobility were transformed into the masonry keeps of the medieval period and how accommodation adapted to fortification methods of the 12th and 13th centuries.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521375444
9780521375443

Subject:

Castles Great Britain.
Fortification Great Britain History.
Castles Wales History.
Castles England History.
Châteaux Angleterre Histoire.
Fortifications Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Châteaux Pays de Galles Histoire.
Antiquities
Castles
Fortification
Kastelen.
Bouwkunst.
Châteaux forts Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture médiévale Grande-Bretagne.
Châteaux Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Great Britain History, Military 1066-1485.
Great Britain History, Military 449-1066.
Great Britain Antiquities.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire militaire 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire militaire 449-1066.
Grande-Bretagne Antiquités.
England
Great Britain
Wales
Grande-Bretagne Histoire militaire 0449-1066 (période anglo-saxonne)
Castles History

Form/genre:

History
Military history

Holdings:

Location: Library main 67177
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:91-B3096
Status: Available

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