English castles : a guide by counties / Adrian Pettifer

Pettifer, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0851156002 / ISBN 13: 9780851156002

Editore: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2000

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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxii, 344 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index. Contents; Map of Counties -- The Gazetteer -- Bedfordshire -- Berkshire -- Buckinghamshire -- Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire -- Cheshire -- Cornwall -- County Durham -- Cumberland -- Derbyshire -- Devon -- Dorset -- Essex -- Gloucestershire -- Hampshire -- Herefordshire -- Hertfordshire -- Isle of Wight -- Kent -- Lancashire -- Leicestershire and Rutland -- Lincolnshire -- Middlesex -- Norfolk -- Northamptonshire -- Northumberland -- Nottinghamshire -- Oxfordshire -- Scilly Isles -- Shropshire -- Somerset -- Staffordshire -- Suffolk -- Surrey -- Sussex -- Warwickshire -- Westmorland and Furness -- Wiltshire -- Worcestershire -- Yorkshire: East Riding and York -- Yorkshire: North Riding -- Yorkshire: West Riding. Subjects; Castles England ; Guidebooks. History. Architecture. Medieval Period. Castles Guidebooks. 1 Kg. Codice articolo 403488

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Titolo: English castles : a guide by counties / ...

Casa editrice: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2000

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

Edizione: Second Edition.

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This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and concise guide to all medieval English castles of which something can still be seen today. English castles are a very diverse group, ranging from the massive keeps which still dominate the landscape to grassy earthworks and Border pele towers: true castles are a medieval phenomenon, spanning the centuries from the Norman Conquest to the accession of the Tudors. Pettifer has included a small number of medieval fortifications which are not strictly castles, such as town walls and Tudor coastal forts, which are too closely related to ignore. English Castlescontains over five hundred main entries, grouped in traditional county order for geographical convenience, each givinga brief history and description of the castle. A short introduction supplies the historical background to the great explosion of castle-building in the middle ages, and thereis a glossary covering all aspects of castles in some detail. Full Ordnance Survey map references are given in the index.

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