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Author Finan, Thomas (Thomas Joseph)

Title Citadels of power : the castle in history and archaeology / by Thomas J. Finan.

Imprint Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, ℗2011.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  LECTURE SERIES 728.81 FIN 7 CDS/1 BK    Check Shelf
Description 7 audio discs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 22 cm).
Playing Time 080000
Series The modern scholar : great professors teaching you!
Modern scholar.
Note "14 lectures"--Container.
Performer Lecturer: Thomas J. Finan, Saint Louis University.
Bibliography Course guide Includes bibliographical references.
Note Compact discs.
Contents Lecture 1. What is a castle? Why study a castle? -- Lecture 2. Earthen and timber castles -- Lecture 3. Building a castle -- Lecture 4. The Norman stone keep -- Lecture 5. The concentric castle -- Lecture 6. The social organization of castles -- Lecture 7. The landscape of castles -- Lecture 8. Sieges -- Lecture 9. Castles in the Kingdom of England -- Lecture 10. The castles of Wales -- Lecture 11. Castles of Ireland and Scotland -- Lecture 12. Castles in France -- Lecture 13. Crusader castles -- Lecture 14. The end of castles.
Summary Castles, along with knights, cathedrals, and monks, are among the most important features of the medieval world, and castles continue to draw a great deal of attention from tourists as well as medieval historians, art historians, and archaeologists. Yet, despite their relative importance within medieval society, castles are also one of the least understood features of the medieval landscape. This course considers the chronology of medieval fortifications and castles and then considers the social and landscape natures of castles and the role of the castle in particular regions in Europe in the Middle Ages, most particularly the British Isles, France, and the Crusader settlements in the Holy Land--Container.
Subject Castles -- History.
Castles -- Europe -- History.
Fortification -- History.
Fortification -- Europe -- History.
Fortification -- Europe -- History.
Castles. (OCoLC)fst00848428
Fortification. (OCoLC)fst00933024
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Genre/Form Audiobooks.
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Audiobooks.
Added Title Castle in history and archaeology
ISBN 9781449849689 (set)
9781449849696 (course guide)
1449849687 (set)
1449849695 (course guide)
Music No. UC180 Recorded Books
UT180 Recorded Books (course guide)
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