The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: A Political and Social HistoryCambridge University Press, 1994 - 376 pages This original and pioneering book examines the role of the castle in the Norman conquest of England and in the subsequent administration of the country. The castle is seen primarily as an instrument of peaceful administration which rarely had a garrison and was more often where the sheriff kept his files and employed his secretariat. In most cases the military significance of the castle was minimal, and only a very few ever saw military action. For the first time, the medieval castle in England is seen in a new light which will attract the general reader of history and archaeology as much as the specialist in economic and social history. |
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Contents
Castles of the Conquest | 3 |
ΙΟ The changing role of the castle | 249 |
Towerhouse pele and bastle | 276 |
Notes | 301 |
Other editions - View all
The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: A Political and Social History Norman J. G. Pounds No preview available - 1993 |
The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: A Social and Political History Norman John Greville Pounds No preview available - 1990 |
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Arch Jl Archaeological bailey baronial castles became Beverston Castle Bishop building built Builth Cambridge cantref castle-building castle-guard chamber chapel Chester church Conquest constable Corfe court crenellate crown defence Deganwy Domesday Dover Castle Earl earldom early Edward England English Excavations feudal fortified fourteenth century G. W. S. Barrow garrison gatehouse hall held Hen Domen Henry Henry III Hereford HMSO honour Ibid Inq Misc J. H. Round John keep king king's knights Lacy land later Leicester licence Lincoln lord lordship manor house March masonry Medieval Middle Ages military Montgomery motte castle motte-and-bailey Norman North Wales northern Northumberland Norwich Nottingham ordered Oxford Pipe Rolls protection R. A. Brown Rec Soc records Rhuddlan ringwork Rochester Rochester Castle royal castles Scotland Scottish sheriff Shropshire siege thirteenth century timber Tower of London tower-house tower-keep town twelfth century walls Welsh William Winchester Windsor Yorkshire