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Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2023. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. The third in a series of Tower Studies, which here publishes the fourth and fifth conferences of the European Towers Studies Group, held in 2013 and 2014. Since their first delivery, the papers have undergone significant revision to bring thinking up to date and to incorporate more recently published data and discussion. The contributors offer perspectives on key themes and problems in the study of the 'tower' phenomenon in the medieval and early renaissance periods across the British Isles, the Netherlands, Spain and France, with a primary focus of two broad areas of investigation: 'The Problematic 'Tower House'' and 'Towers of Antiquity and Lineage', as well as problems of definition. Lavishly illustrated with both modern photographs and archival images, and includes a bibliography and an index. Sewn and bound in real cloth. The contents are:… Read More