The Castles of Henry VIII

Informationen zum Autor Peter Harrington, illustrated by Brian Delf Klappentext In the last years of his reign Henry VIII needed a radically modern system of defence to protect England and its new Church. Anticipating a foreign onslaught from Catholic Europe after his split from Rome, Henry energetically began construction of more than 20 stone forts to protect England's major ports and estuaries. Aided by excellent illustrations, Peter Harrington explores the departure from artillery-vulnerable medieval castle designs, to the low, sturdy stone fortresses inspired by European ideas. He explains the scientific care taken to select sites for these castles, and the transition from medieval to modern in this last surge of English castle construction. Zusammenfassung Anticipating a foreign onslaught from Europe after his split from Rome, Henry VIII began construction of more than 20 stone forts to protect England's major ports and estuaries. Aided by illustrations, the author explores the departure from artillery-vulnerable medieval castle designs to the low, sturdy stone fortresses inspired by European ideas.

Product details

• Authors: peter Harrington, Harrington Peter
• Assisted by: Brian Delf (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2007
• EAN: 9781846031304
• ISBN: 978-1-84603-130-4
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Fortress; Fortress
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Architecture, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / General, HISTORY / Reference, Warfare & defence, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Warfare and defence, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Architecture: castles and fortifications, 16th century, HISTORY / Military / Fortifications