Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance

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Psychology Press, 2002 - 209 էջ

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 living in a castle was as complex an experience as a piece of medieval art.

Behind the Castle Gate brings castles and their inhabitants alive. Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives it will be read avidly by all with an interest in castles.

 

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Behind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance
Matthew Johnson
Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2002

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ՎերնագիրBehind the Castle Gate: From Medieval to Renaissance
Archeology / Medieval history
ՀեղինակMatthew Johnson
Editionillustrated
ՀրատարակիչPsychology Press, 2002
ISBN0415258871, 9780415258876
Length209 էջ
  
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