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Book SynopsisWide-ranging studies offer an in-depth analysis of castle-building 11th - 12th centuries and place castles within their broader social and political context.The castles of the eleventh and twelfth centuries remain among the most visible symbols of the Anglo-Norman world. This collection brings together for the first time some of the most significant articles in castle studies, with contributions from experts in history, archaeology and historic buildings. Castles remain a controversial topic of academic debate and here equal weight is given to seminal articles that have defined the study of the subject while at the same time emphasising newer approaches to the fortresses of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. The studies in this volume range from discussions of the residential and military role of the castle to architectural symbolismand royal attitudes to baronial fortification. The result is a survey that offers an in-depth analysis of castle-building during the eleventh and twelfth centuries but which also places Anglo-Norman castles within their broader social, architectural and political context. Contributors: ANN WILLIAMS, RICHARD EALES, DEREK RENN, LAWRENCE BUTLER, ROBERT HIGHAM, MARJORIE CHIBNALL, R.ALLEN BROWN, CHARLES COULSON, SIDNEY PAINTER, FREDERICK C. SUPPE, GRANT G. SIMPSON, BRUCE WEBSTER, J.R. KENYON, THOMAS McNEILL, T.A. HESLOP, PHILIP DIXON, PAMELA MARSHALL, JOHN BLAIR, CHARLES COULSON, ROBERT LIDDIARD
Trade ReviewA very useful collection of articles [and] a representative spread of the most important topics.[...][An] essential starting point for anyone interested in the topic of castles in the High Middle Ages. * CEAS NEWSLETTER *
Immensely valuable. [Its] great merit is that it should be of interest well beyond this field, emphasizing that castle study is not a self-contained pocket of scholarship but has an important wider role to play in medieval studies generally. An invaluable work of reference, [it] should be on the bookshelf of any castellologist. * HISTORY *
The wide and diverse range of subjects make this book a fascinating read. * CASEMATE *
Table of ContentsAnn Williams A Bell-House and a Burh-Geat: Lordly Residences in England Before the Conquest; Richard Eales Royal Power and Castles in Norman England; Derek Renn Burhgeat and Gonfanon: Two Sidelights from the Bayeux Tapestry; Lawrence Butler The Origins of the Honour of Richmond and its Castles; Robert Higham Timber Castles: A Reassessment; Marjorie Chibnall Orderic Vitalis on Castles; R. Allen Brown Royal Castle Building in England 1154-1216; Charles Coulson The Castles of the Anarchy; Sidney Painter Castle-Guard; Frederick. Suppe Castle Guard and the Castlery of Clun; Grant G. Simpson and Bruce Webster Charter Evidence and the Distribution of Mottes in Scotland; John R. Kenyon Fluctuating Frontiers: Normanno-Welsh Castle Warfare c.1075 to 1240; Thomas McNeill Hibernia Pactata et Castellata; Sandy Heslop Orford Castle: Nostalgia and Sophisticated Living; Philip Dixon and Pamela Marshall The Great Tower at Hedingham Castle: A Reassessment; John Blair Hall and Chamber: English Domestic Planning 1000-1250; Charles Coulson Fortress Policy in Capetian Tradition and Angevin Practice: Aspects of the Conquest of Normandy by Philip II; Charles Coulson The Impact of Bouvines upon the Fortress Policy of Philip Augustus; Richard Eales Castles and Politics in England, 1215-1224
