CASTLES AND LANDSCAPES
Written by O.H. Creighton
Published by Continuum
in 2002
ISBN: 0826458963
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- CASTLES
- LANDSCAPE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
CASTLES AND LANDSCAPES
Written by O.H. Creighton.
Stock no. 1828319
1st.
2002.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Archaeology of Medieval Europe 1100-1600 series. A fascinating and provocative study looking at castles of the medieval landscape using theories and methods of landscape studies. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0826458963. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Castles and Their Contexts
- 3 Castle Siting and Distribution
- 4 The Castle as Icon: Landscapes of Status and Symbolism
- 5 The Castle as Estate Centre: Tenurial Landscapes
- 6 Power, Patronage and Parish: Castles and Ecclesiastical Landscapes
- 7 Castles and Urbanism
- 8 Castles in the Countryside
- 9 Overview
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index