Castles (eBook)

Their Construction and History

Sidney Toy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
256 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31941-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots. Nearly 200 photographs and drawings illustrate moats, keeps, baileys, and many other features. Caernarvon Castle, Dover Castle, Hadrian's Wall, Tower of London, and more. 199 black-and-white illustrations.

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The art of fortification had reached a high state of development even at the dawn of history. Powerful military works, dating from the remotest periods, have been found in Asia Minor, in Greece, and in the basins of the Tigris, the Euphrates, and the Nile rivers. The medieval castle, with its strategic, crenellated ramparts and aura of legend and romance, represents perhaps the most familiar form of a long-crucial art. This concise, scholarly volume traces the history of the castle from its ancient roots in the Levant, through Roman times and the Middle Ages, to the fanciful chateaux of the sixteenth century. Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photographs, floor-plan diagrams, and pen-and-ink renderings, Castles explores innovations in castle design, siege operations, artillery, and other weapons, living conditions within the castle, and clearly explains intriguing features of construction: moats, baileys, keeps, donjons, barbicans, double curtains, loopholes, and many others. In addition, noted historian and fortification expert Sidney Toy takes the reader on a detailed guided tour of over 120 of the most famous castles and fortresses of Europe and the Middle East. Explore Caernarvon Castle (associated with the Princes of Wales), Dover Castle, Arundel Castle, Hadrian's Wall, the Tower of London, the famed city of Troy, and dozens of others in vivid accounts focusing on the architecture, offensive and defensive modifications, and historical importance of each structure or site. Castle enthusiasts, medievalists, military buffs, travelers, and anyone interested in the evolution and development of the castle will find this meticulously researched overview an informative and absorbing account.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.4.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Architecture
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Architecture
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Architecture
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: 1277 • 1305 • 13th century • aberwyvern • architectural feats • architectural masterpieces • Architecture • books on 13th centuries • books on architectural masterpieces • books on building processes • books on castle buildings • books on castle walls • books on central images • books on cross sections • books on david macaulay • books on depth studies • books on english castles • books on floor plans • books on historical conflicts • books on huge constructions • books on line drawings • books on medieval castles • books on medieval europes • books on medieval studies • books on medieval times • books on middle ages • books on planning stages • books on technical drawings • books on town rises • books on walled cities • Building Process • build process • caldecott honor • castle building • castle tells • castle walls • Cathedral • central image • ConQuest • Craftsmen • cross sections • cross-sections • david macaulay • defenses • Defensive • depth study • Diagrams • Engineering • english castle • eyewitness • fictional english • floorplans • Floor plans • fortifications • Fortresses • Forts • geared • historical conflict • huge construction • inhabitants lived • Kaufmann • Line drawings • macaulay's • macauley • medieval castles • medieval Europe • medieval fortress • Medieval Studies • medieval times • Middle Ages • Minecraft • moats • Neuschwanstein • pbs special • Peritext • planning stages • plan stages • platonic ideal • pyramid • repeat information • seige • sieges • siege techniques • son checked • strongholds • Structures • technical drawings • Thirteenth-Century • thriving town • town provide • town rise • Wales • walled cities • Welsh
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31941-5 / 0486319415
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31941-4 / 9780486319414