Castles (Shire Archaeology) by R. Allen Brown - 1985-10

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Shire Publications, 1985. 1st edition.. Paperback. Paperback, VG. 56pp, 41 b/w illustrations, index, covers slightly yellowed, otherwise fine. Shire Archaeology volume 36. A brief guide to the study of the Castles of Britain.

Shire Publications Ltd, 1985-12. Paperback. Very Good. in x in x in. FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail

Aylesbury: Shire Publications, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, first printing. Octavo paperback. 56 pp, illustrated. Very Good condition. No dust jacket.

Shire Publications, 1985. Pretty good apart from a crease to the front cover.. paperback. Good. Book.

GB: Shire Publications, 1985. 56 pages. Glossy pictorial card covers. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.. 1st Edition. Paperback. VG.

Great Britain: Shire Archaeology, 1989. Paperback. Message to previous owner to inside cover. Castles were lordly residences as well as fortresses and their military role was offensive as well as defensive. These facts are essential to the understanding of castles and to any understanding of their siting and architecture. This book, therefor, deals first with the purpose and function of cases. Feudal society is also discussed briefly, for no buildings can be understood without knowledge of the society which produced them. The origin of the castle as part and parcel of the origins of feudal society in France is demonstrated as a necessary preliminary to showing that both the castle and deudalism are a Norman importation into England and subsequently Britain at the time of the Norman Conquest. The various types of early castles are dealth with in detail and illustrated, as are the castle's subsequent development and eventual decline. While the book's geographical purview is England and Wales,… Read More

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