The Castle Story - A glance at Early Fortifications - Digging in behind earth and timber defences - A quiet life in hall or chamber - Great square towers and how to take them - Siegecraft, Chivalry and sheer brute force - Changing times - The rise of the gatehouse and decline of the keep - Gothic arches and painted chambers - Troubles in Wales and other matters - The heyday of English Military architecture - Castles begin to lose their importance - The return of the great square keep - Ending the Story - Maps - Glossary and Chronological table

The Castle Story

Sancha, Sheila

HarperCollins, Publishers

A wealth of information conveyed in a lucid text and numerous illustrations gives modern readers an informal but realistic view of life in an English medieval village

The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Early Fourteenth Century

Presents the economic and social life of a medieval town by chronicling a week's activities in the trading center of Stanford (now Stamford), England, in 1274.

Walter Dragun's Town: Trade in Stamford in the 13th Century

History

Europe

Text and illustrations trace the history of castles in Great Britain from early Iron Age fortifications through the elaborate constructions of the Middle Ages. Also discusses the various parts of a typical castle, their uses, and the everyday life of its inhabitants.

The Castle Story (Harper Colophon Books)

Text and illustrations trace the history of castles in Great Britain from early Iron Age fortifications through the elaborate constructions of the Middle Ages. Also discusses the various parts of a typical castle, their uses, and the everyday life of its inhabitants.

Castle Story

Teen & Young Adult

Crowell

Complete photographs of British castle ruins--from the Iron Age to the fifteenth century--with line drawings, to illustrate how they originally looked, and provides related information

Ty Crowell Co.

The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Middle Ages

Children's Books

Traces a year in the Lincolnshire village of Gerneham, from ploughing through sowing, harvesting, and threshing, with illustrations of village life inspired by the fourteenth-century Luttrell Psalter.

Thomas Y. Crowell

Presents the economic and social life of a medieval town by chronicling a week's activities in the trading center of Stanford (now Stamford), England, in 1274.

Walter Dragun's Town: Crafts and Trade in the Middle Ages

Sancha, Shelia

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The Castle Story

The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Early Fourteenth Century

Walter Dragun's Town: Trade in Stamford in the 13th Century

The Castle Story

The Castle Story (Harper Colophon Books)

Castle Story

Castle Story

The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Middle Ages

The Luttrell Village: Country Life in the Middle Ages

Walter Dragun's Town: Crafts and Trade in the Middle Ages