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Behind the castle gate : from medieval to Renaissance /
In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both. By encouraging the reader to view castles in relation to their inhabitants, Matthew Johnson uncovers a whole new vantage point. He shows how castles functioned as stage-settings against which people played out roles of lord and servant, husband and wife, father and son. Building, rebuilding and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135135584 1135135584 9780203378731 0203378733 9781135135720 113513572X 9781135135652 1135135657 1299477089 9781299477087 |