Contains directions for making castles, clothing, helmets, shields, etc.
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
Describes the history of castles in medieval Europe, including how they were built, their different parts, and elements of castle warfare.
Describes medieval castles and what life was like for the people who lived in them.
But what was life like inside these mighty fortresses? This book examines the rise of castles as the center of noble life and provides information on the men, women, and children who lived within the castle walls.
This superb archive focuses on more than 200 structures — from temples, palaces and walls of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to Romansque strongholds of the Normans and Gothic edifices of the crusaders and Teutonic knights, to lavish ...
Concise, scholarly survey traces castle development from ancient roots in the Levant, through Roman times and the Middle Ages.
The purpose of the book is to give visitors to the medieval castles of Wales a concise but informative description of the main publicly accessible sites in a convenient format.
See how castles work and are protected, from the tower to the moat to the dungeon.
The "Famous Castles" series introduces six amazing castles located throughout the globe.
This work will be a surefire hit with those seeking the history behind some of the most impressive and romantic castles ever constructed and the most soaring and grand cathedrals of the medieval era.