Late medieval castles / edited by Robert Liddiard.

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English
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Woodbridge, Suffolk [England] : Boydell Press, 2016.
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xvi, 425 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

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    "The castles of the late Medieval period represent some of the finest medieval monuments in Britain, with an almost infinite capacity to fascinate and draw controversy. They are also a source of considerable academic debate. The contents of this volume represent key works in castle scholarship. Topics discussed include castle warfare, fortress customs, architectural design and symbolism, spatial planning and the depiction of castles in medieval romance. The contributions also serve to highlight the diversity of approaches to the medieval castle, ranging from the study of documentary and literary sources, analysis of fragmentary architectural remains and the recording of field archaeology. The result is a survey that offers an in-depth analysis of castle building from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, and places castles within their broader social, architectural and political contexts"--Back cover
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-414) and index.
    Contents
    • 1.Fourteenth-Century Castles in Context: Apotheosis or Decline? / Charles Coulson
    • 2.Architects, Advisors and Design at Edward I's Castles in Wales / Nicola Coldstream
    • 3.The Courtyard and the Tower: Contexts and Symbols in the Development of Late Medieval Great Houses / Beryl Lott
    • 4.Castle Planning in the Fourteenth Century / P. A. Faulkner
    • 5.Meaningful Constructions: Spatial and Functional Analysis of Medieval Buildings / Graham Fairclough
    • 6.Mota, Aula et Turris: the Manor-Houses of the Anglo-Scottish Border Philip Dixon
    • 7.Lulworth Castle, Dorset / John Goodall
    • 8.A Scottish Problem with Castles / Charles McKean
    • 9.Structural Symbolism in Medieval Castle Architecture / Charles Coulson
    • 10.Specimens of Freedom to Crenellate by Licence / Charles Coulson
    • 11.Some Analysis of the Castle of Bodiam, East Sussex / Charles Coulson
    • 12.English Castles in the Reign of Edward II / Michael Prestwich
    • 13.Castles of Ward and the Changing Pattern of Border Conflict in Ireland / T. E. McNeill
    • 14.The Donjon of Knaresborough: the Castle as Theatre / Philip Dixon
    • 15.The Architecture of Arthurian Enthusiasm: Castle Symbolism in the Reigns of Edward I and his Successors / Richard K. Morris
    • 16.Medieval Ornamental Landscapes / Christopher Taylor
    • 17.Otherworld Castles in Middle English Arthurian Romance / Muriel A. Whitaker.
    ISBN
    • 1783270330
    • 9781783270330
    LCCN
    2017288088
    OCLC
    940363220
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