| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : casting our eyes upon sconces -- Watery landscapes -- The ordering of the late medieval castle -- Medieval to Renaissance -- Kenilworth : the evidence house -- Beyond the pale -- Conclusion : rethinking castles. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Castles -- England.
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Castles. |
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, Matthew, 1962- Behind the castle gate. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 0415258871 (DLC) 2002068168 (OCoLC)50143647 |
| ISBN |
9781135135584 (electronic book) |
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1135135584 (electronic book) |
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0415258871 |
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9780415258876 |
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0415261007 |
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9780415261005 |
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9780203378731 e-book |
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