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THE CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY

Written by D.J. Cathcart King
Published by Croom Helm Ltd. in 1988
ISBN: 0709948298

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Front cover

Cover of THE CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY by D.J. Cathcart King

Contents

  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • 1. The Character of a Castle
  • 2. Castle-Guard
  • 3. Control over Castles, at Home and Abroad
  • 4. On the Development of Castles
  • 5. The Origins of the Castle
  • 6. The Primitive English Castle - Earthwork
  • 7. The Primitive English Castle - Stone
  • 8. The Influence of the Crusades
  • 9. The Introduction of Scientific Fortification
  • 10. The Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries
  • 11. The Castles of the Welsh
  • 12. The Fourteenth Century
  • 13. The Fifteenth Century, and Early Artillery Defences
  • 14. Henry VIII and Coast Defence
  • Appendix: A Note on Keeps
  • Index