| Description |
262 pages : illustrations, maps, plans. ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 257-258. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Contents: Illustrations (p.vii) -- Preface (p.ix) -- Introduction (p.1) -- 1. Why castles were evolved (p.5) -- 2. The precursors of the castle (p.15) -- 3. The Motte and Bailey castle (p.29) -- 4. The weapons of attack and defence (p.47) -- 5. A castle at war (p.71) -- 6. Training and recreation : the foods they ate (p.92) -- 7. The crusaders and their castles (p.114) -- 8. Thirteenth-century castles and the factors which influenced their design (p.134) -- 9. The people of Europe (p.166) -- 10. Living in castles (p.187) -- 11. The castle at bay (p.218) -- 12. The mind of the fighting man (p.225). |
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Contents (cont.): Conclusion: the castle in decline (p.230) -- Appendices (p.237) -- A. Cloth (p.237) -- B. Giraldus Cambrensis (p.238) -- C. Castle officials (p.240) -- D. Armour (p.242) -- E. Artillery (p.248) -- F. Appearance and clothing (p.249) -- G. Recreation and the medieval mind (p.253) -- Glossary (p.255) -- Select bibliography (p.257) -- Index (p.259). |
| Subject |
Castles -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Military history, Medieval.
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Middle Ages.
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| ISBN |
0800851862 |
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9780800851866 |
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