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Author : Walter Cranston Larned
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Churches and Castles of Mediæval France written by Walter Cranston Larned and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Liddiard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Castles in Context written by Robert Liddiard and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The last decade has seen a revolution in our understanding of the castle. Previously scholars have viewed it as essentially a military structure: a building where the need to resist a siege determined both architecture and site. Academics now paint a more complex picture, emphasizing the castle's symbolic projection of power, its position in the wider landscape and even its aesthetic role. This wide-ranging book makes this re-evaluation available to a new generation of castle enthusiasts. Focusing on the rich heritage of castle archaeology in England and Wales, the author offers a fresh and holistic perspective on these enigmatic medieval buildings. He examines not just the architecture but its wider social and landscape context. As well as offering new insights into familiar themes such as the Norman Conquest and siege warfare, he also covers in detail more original areas of study: the designed, ornamental landscapes that have been found at castle sites; the depiction of castles in literature; and the symbolic values that found expression in castle architecture. His aim is to understand how people experienced castles in the Middle Ages, and therefore to explain why they were such potent icons of lordship."--Back cover.
Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0824044444
Total Pages : 2071 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Medieval France written by William W. Kibler and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 2071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically, with a brief introduction that clearly defines the scope and purpose of the book. Illustrations include maps, B/W photographs, genealogical tables, and lists of architectural terms.
Author : Arthur Augustus Tilley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108017150
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Medieval France written by Arthur Augustus Tilley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review, first published in 1922, of changes in medieval French society and culture between 987 and 1500.
Author : Jurgen Brauer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226071650
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Castles, Battles, & Bombs written by Jurgen Brauer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics—with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France’s decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today’s military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. "In bringing economics into assessments of military history, [the authors] also bring illumination. . . . [The authors] turn their interdisciplinary lens on the mercenary arrangements of Renaissance Italy; the wars of Marlborough, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon; Grant's campaigns in the Civil War; and the strategic bombings of World War II. The results are invariably stimulating."—Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly "This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics
Author : Joseph Gies
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062016504
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Life in a Medieval Castle written by Joseph Gies and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of this definitive classic on medieval castles, which was a source for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. “Castles are crumbly and romantic. They still hint at an age more colorful and gallant than our own, but are often debunked by boring people who like to run on about drafts and grumble that the latrines did not work. Joseph and Frances Gies offer a book that helps set the record straight—and keeps the romance too.”—Time A widely respected academic work and a source for George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, Joseph and Frances Gies’s bestselling Life in a Medieval Castle remains a timeless work of popular medieval scholarship. Focusing on Chepstow, an English castle that survived the turbulent Middle Ages with a relative lack of violence, the book offers an exquisite portrait of what day-to-day life was actually like during the era, and of the key role the castle played. The Gieses take us through the full cycle of a medieval year, dictated by the rhythms of the harvest. We learn what lords and serfs alike would have worn, eaten, and done for leisure, and of the outside threats the castle always hoped to keep at bay. For medieval buffs and anyone who wants to learn more about this fascinating era, Life in a Medieval Castle is as timely today as when it was first published.
Author : Georges Duby
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631189459
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (894 download)
Download or read book France in the Middle Ages 987-1460 written by Georges Duby and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1993-12-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, now available in paperback, he examines the history of France from the rise of the Capetians in the mid-tenth century to the execution of Joan of Arc in the mid-fifteenth. He takes the evolution of power and the emergence of the French state as his central themes, and guides the reader through complex - and, in many respects, still unfamiliar, yet fascinating terrain. He describes the growth of the castle and the village, the building blocks of the new Western European civilization of the second millenium AD.
Author : Emile Male
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 042997244X
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Gothic Image written by Emile Male and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emile Male's book aids understanding of medieval art and medieval symbolism, and of the vision of the world which presided over the building of the French cathedrals. It looks at French religious art in the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of sculptural iconography used in the cathedrals of France. Fully illustrated with many footnotes it acts as a useful guide for the student of Western culture.
Author : Peter Harrison
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843830665
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Castles of God written by Peter Harrison and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, great faiths have been subjected to persecution and attack from beyond the wall - literally walls, in Peter Harrison's remarkable book of the great monastery-fortresses, and church-fortresses, of the world.
Author : Whitney S. Stoddard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429973764
Total Pages : 932 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Art And Architecture In Medieval France written by Whitney S. Stoddard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods between 1000-1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems such as: why did Gothic come into being? Whitney Stoddard explores the interrelationship between all forms of medieval ecclesiastical art and characterization of the Gothic cathedral, which he believes to have an almost metaphysical basis.
Author : Gordon Home Blackader Library
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Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Books on Architecture and the Fine Arts in the Gordon Home Blackader Library and in the Library of McGill University written by Gordon Home Blackader Library and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1142 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book McGill University Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some nos. are reprints from: Annual report of the governors, principal and fellows.
Author : Harold Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595275214
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Siegecraft - No Fortress Impregnable written by Harold Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the taking of a fortress depends primarily on the making of a good plan to take it, and the proper implementation and application of the resources to make the plan work. Long before a fortress has been besieged and conquered, it has to have been outthought before it can be outfought. This book outlines some of the more successfully thought out sieges, and demonstrates why it is that no fortress is impregnable. A siege can be described as an assault on an opposing force attempting to defend itself from behind a position of some strength. Whenever the pendulum of technology swings against the "status quo," the defenders of a fortification have usually been compelled to surrender. We must stay ahead of the pendulum, and not be out-thought long before we are out-fought, for, as it will be shown in this book, "no fortress is impregnable."
Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351665650
Total Pages : 2385 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Medieval France (1995) written by William W. Kibler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 2385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995, Medieval France: An Encyclopedia is the first single-volume reference work on the history and culture of medieval France. It covers the political, intellectual, literary, and musical history of the country from the early fifth to the late fifteenth century. The shorter entries offer succinct summaries of the lives of individuals, events, works, cities, monuments, and other important subjects, followed by essential bibliographies. Longer essay-length articles provide interpretive comments about significant institutions and important periods or events. The Encyclopedia is thoroughly cross-referenced and includes a generous selection of illustrations, maps, charts, and genealogies. It is especially strong in its coverage of economic issues, women, music, religion and literature. This comprehensive work of over 2,400 entries will be of key interest to students and scholars, as well as general readers.
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Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Critic written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Woolwich Public Libraries, Woolwich, Eng
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Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Books in the Lending Department of the Plumstead Library written by Woolwich Public Libraries, Woolwich, Eng and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
