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Author : Alan Phillips
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781445624846
Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Author : Paul R. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191263130X
An extremely comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the Welsh castle during the time when the native rulers held sway (c.1066-1283). Excellent aerial photography, plans and reconstruction drawings examine the various architectural designs and layouts that created the distinctive form of the Welsh castle.
Author : Bernard Lowry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781784422158
Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium. Though some were built before 1066, the Norman Conquest left a lasting legacy in the form of fortifications ranging from small earthworks now barely discernible, to mighty and dominating stone fortresses. This book examines why castles were so essential to medieval warfare, their importance in domestic politics, and the day-to-day lives of those who lived and worked within them. It also shows how the development of new technologies affected their construction and design, and why they eventually fell into disrepair in the late Middle Ages. Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs, this is the perfect guide for any castle enthusiast seeking to discover more about medieval fortifications and their inhabitants.
Author : Paul R. Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Medieval
ISBN : OCLC:1152926397
Author : Lindsay Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Castles
ISBN : 0760710279
Author : D.J. Cathcart King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429558634
Originally published in 1988, The Castles in England and Wales is a comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles in England and Wales. The books looks at how following the Norman Conquest, one of the most characteristic structures of the English landscape, the castle, was used to control and survey the population. In its simplest definition a castle is a fortified habitation, however this book looks at the many uses of castles, from their most primitive kind, intended only for periodic use, or as magnificent decoration, such as Caernarvon and other Welsh castles of Edward I. It is essential reading for all archaeologists and historians alike.
Author : Adrian Pettifer
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0851157785
History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.
Author : Colin Platt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Castles
ISBN : UOM:39015005276483
Author : Norman J. G. Pounds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521458285
This original and pioneering book examines the role of the castle in the Norman conquest of England and in the subsequent administration of the country. The castle is seen primarily as an instrument of peaceful administration which rarely had a garrison and was more often where the sheriff kept his files and employed his secretariat. In most cases the military significance of the castle was minimal, and only a very few ever saw military action. For the first time, the medieval castle in England is seen in a new light which will attract the general reader of history and archaeology as much as the specialist in economic and social history.
Author : David James Cathcart King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0918400082
Author : Alan Phillips
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781445644066
The fascinating story of the buildings that have helped to defend Wales throughout its history from the Iron Age to the twentieth century.
Author : David James Cathcart King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Castles
ISBN : 0709948298
Author : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Publisher : Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781871184228
Forty-three castles and fortified sites here described were founded or given their most significant fabric after 1217. They include tower-houses, strong houses, possible castles, and twenty masonry castles ranging from the great Clare works at Caerphilly and Morlais to the small modestly fortified sites at Barry and Weobley, and the exceptional fortified priory at Ewenny. The density and variety of the medieval fortifications in Glamorgan are unrivalled, and their study is enriched by an exceptional range of works on the history and records of a historic county formed by merging the lordships of Glamorgan and Gower. Part la described the early castles and traced their role in the Norman conquest and settlement of the fertile southern lowlands down to 1217, when the Clares inherited Glamorgan. In that year the Welsh had expelled the English from Gower and remained unconquered in the Glamorgan uplands. Gower was soon lost again, and under two redoubtable Clare lords the Glamorgan uplands were appropriated in the mid-13th century and secured in a notable programme of castle works. The castle-building of Earl Richard de Clare (1243-62) and his son, Gilbert, the 'Red Earl' (1263-95), as they achieved this 'second conquest of Glamorgan', foreshadowed the later campaigns of Edward I against Gwynedd. At Caerphilly, above all, Earl Gilbert's castle deserves comparison with the great Edwardian works; it introduced defensive features later to be adopted by King Edward's Savoyard master masons. Gower sites considered include the impressive masonry castles at Oystermouth and Penrice. A notable ornately arcaded domestic range at Swansea is the only surviving vestige of the chief castle of Gower, which is tentatively described from a variety of records. AH the illustrated descriptions incorporate detailed historical accounts. The introductory survey outlines the later descent of Glamorgan and Gower to the end of the 15th century, and along with the sectional preambles it provides general discussion of the sites.
Author : John R. Kenyon,Kieran Denis O'Conor
Publisher : Four Courts Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015056789137
This book contains essays originating from the 1998 Castle Studies Group Conference, held in Maynooth, county Kildare, Ireland. The book has been brought together specifically to advance research on castles and fortifications in Ireland and Wales.
Author : John R. Kenyon
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015018494164
The author considers the period from the introduction of the castle by the Normans to the accession of the Tudors and adopts a broadly thematic approach. The book provides a synthesis of what has been learnt about the development, form and function of British castles through excavations since 1945.
