Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain

Informationen zum Autor Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I ( A Great and Terrible King ). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines. Klappentext Be it ever so grand or ever so humble, a castle was first and foremost a home. To understand castles - who built them, who lived in them, and why - is to understand the forces that shaped medieval Britain. Zusammenfassung Be it ever so grand or ever so humble, a castle was first and foremost a home. To understand castles – who built them, who lived in them, and why – is to understand the forces that shaped medieval Britain.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Morris, Morris Marc
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.05.2012
• EAN: 9780099558491
• ISBN: 978-0-09-955849-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; ARCHITECTURE / History / Medieval, Medieval History, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, History of Architecture, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Architecture: castles and fortifications