Castle
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Castle
（Eyewitness guides, 49）
Dorling Kindersley, 1994
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Includes index
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Description
Medieval castles were incredible feats of construction designed for military efficiency. This book tells the story of how they were built and the unique features incorporated into them for added defence.A castle was more than a building to attack and defend. It was a whole community designed to be self-sufficient in times of siege. As well as the lord and lady we see into the lives of other castle residents including the squires training for knighthood the jesters who entertained at banquets and the many others involved in daily chores such as cooking repairing masonry and woodwork and making clothes. Written by Christopher Gravett of the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London Castle provides a fascinating fly-on-the wall look at war and peace in the medieval period.
Table of Contents
- What is a castle?
- the first castles
- the great tower
- concentric castles
- castles on the Loire, in Spain and in Germany
- chapel
- laying a siege
- men and missiles
- tricks of defence
- garrison and retainers
- prison
- crusader castles
- castles in Japan
- the great hall
- the kitchen
- at table
- the entertainers
- women and children
- the lord
- fabrics and textiles
- in the fields
- the animals
- the castle builders
- the castle in decline.
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