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Behind the Castle Gate : From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Matthew Johnson
Published by Taylor & Francis, 2002
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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives, Matthew Johnson's book takes a look at Medieval English castles. It creates a new and exciting focus on how castles were shaped by their inhabitants and vice versa. Seller Inventory # 9780415258876
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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 living in a castle was as complex an experience as a piece of medieval art.
Behind the Castle Gate brings castles and their inhabitants alive. Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives it will be read avidly by all with an interest in castles.
About the Author: Matthew Johnson is Professor in Archaeology at the University of Durham, where he has taught since 1991.
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Title: Behind the Castle Gate : From the Middle ...
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Buch
Condition: Neu