文档介绍:BRITAIN'S
MEDIEVAL
CASTLES
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BRITAIN'S
MEDIEVAL
CASTLES
LISE E. HULL
Westport, Connecticut
PRAEGER London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hull, Lise.
Britain's medieval castles / Lise E. Hull.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-98414-1 (alk. paper)
1. Castles —Great Britain. 2. Architecture, Medieval —Great Britain. 3. Great Britain-
History—Medieval period, 1066-1485. I. Title.
2006
623'.19410902 —dcv22 2005020949
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2006 by Lise E. Hull
All rights reserved. No portion of this book mav be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2005020949
ISBN: 0-275-98414-1
First published in 2006
Praegcr Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this plies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
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Contents
Illustrations vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: What Is a Castle? xiii
CHAPTER 1
Castles as Offensive Weapons 1
CHAPTER 2
Castles as Defensive Strongholds 37
CHAPTER 3
Castles as Residences 83
CHAPTER 4
Castles as Status Symbols 125
CHAPTER 5
Raglan Castle: A Properly Fortified Military Residence 161
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CHAPTER 6
What Is a Castle? Revisited 173
Epilogue 189
Notes 191
Glossary 199
Bibliography 207
Index 211
Illustrations
Ewyas Harold Castle xxii
Gwern y Domen 4
Motte at Warwick Castle 10
Rhuddlan Castle 16
Twthill, the Norman motte at Rhuddlan 17
Looking toward the upper bailey at Caernarfon Cast] 18
Wiston Castle 20
The ruined courthouse at Pembroke Castle 26
Edinburgh Castle 28
Marten's