Castles in Medieval Society
Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages
By (author) Charles L.H. Coulson
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Castles in Medieval Society by Charles L.H. Coulson
Book DescriptionIn this challenging new book Charles Coulson overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle-building in the middle ages. He demolishes the traditional belief that castles were overwhelmingly military in their function, showing how this was simply one aspect of a more complicated whole. He sets out to recreate the medieval understanding of castles as symbolically fortified places of all kinds, from ancient walled post-Roman towns and prestigious religious enclaves to transitory campaign forts. Going back to the original sources, Dr Coulson proposes a new and more subtle understanding of the function and symbolism of castles as well as vivid insights into the lives of the people who inhabited them. Fortresses were only occasionally caught up in war, but constantly were central to the ordinary life of all classes: of the nobility and gentry, of widows and heiresses, of prelates and clergy, of peasantry and townspeople alike. Castles in Medieval Society presents and explores this broad social panorama.
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Book DetailsISBN: 9780199273638
(234mm x 156mm x 27mm)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publish Date: 1-Jul-2004
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
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Demolishing the traditional belief that castles were overwhelmingly military in their function, this book overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle-building in the middle ages. It sets out to recreate the medieval understanding of castles as symbolically fortified places of all kinds.
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