Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages

by Charles Coulson

In this challenging new book Charles Coulson overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle-building in the middle ages. Going back to the original sources, he proposes a new and more subtle understanding of the function and symbolism of castles as well as vivid insights into the lives of the people who inhabited them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199273634
• ISBN13: 9780199273638
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"