Title & Author:

The White Tower / edited by Edward Impey ; with contributions by Jeremy Ashbee [and others].

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008.

Description:

xvi, 406 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-397) and index.
Site and siting of the early castle and the context of its creation -- Structural history of the White Tower, 1066-1200 -- Chapel of St John -- Function of the White Tower under the Normans -- Structure and function of the White Tower, 1150-1485 -- White Tower, 1485-1642 -- Ordnance store, 1642-1855 -- White Tower, 1855-2000 -- Ancestry of the White Tower -- White Tower and its influence -- White Tower in medieval myth and legend -- Measured survey -- Dendrochronology -- Petrography -- Medieval and later carpentry and woodwork.

Summary:

"This book is a complete architectural, archaeological and historical study of the White Tower and its context. Edward Impey and other distinguished experts integrate the most recent archaeological evidence with documentary research in order to trace the building's structural development, its original and subsequent functions and its architectural and historical significance. The book will be an important resource for the study of castles and Romanesque architecture."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780300112931 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300112939 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

White Tower (Tower of London, London, England)
Castles England London.
Historic buildings England London.
Buildings.
Castles.
Historic buildings.
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England London.

Added entries:

Ashbee, Jeremy.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261087
Call No.: BIB 192065
Status: Available