Battle castles : 500 years of knights & siege warfare
Snow, Dan, 1978-2012
Book
Join TV's Dan Snow as this book brings to thrilling life a cavalcade of medieval fortifications and the clashes that turned empires to dust and mortals into legends. Castles and their ruins still dominate the landscape and are a constant reminder to us of a time when violence, or the threat of it, was the norm. Dan Snow explores the world's greatest medieval castles: from Dover Castle to Chateau Gaillard, Richard I's fortress in Normandy, and Castillo de Gibalfaro, the last vanguard of Moorish rule in Spain, to Krak des Chevaliers in Syria - an astounding feat of engineering by the Crusaders. Each castle's story is dramatically recounted: the building techniques, the weapons used and daily life within the walls. Spanning the globe, and using the latest CGI reconstructions, Dan Snow gets to the very heart of the bloodshed and battles of the greatest fortresses of the Middle Age. Six programmes, six castles. The book will have a chapter on each castle detailing the specifics of the castle in question, its history and an account of how it was built and the battles it faced. The book will include cutting edge CGI used in the television series.
Main title:
Author:
Snow, Dan, 1978-, author
Imprint:
London : HarperPress, 2012.
Collation:
336 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes:
TV tie-in.Includes bibliographical references and index.Also issued online.
Contents:
Introduction: the rise & fall of the medieval castle -- The control of England: Dover Castle -- The battle for Normandy: Château Gaillard --Crusader castles: Krak des Chevaliers -- The conquest of Wales: Conwy Castle -- Castles of the Teutonic Knights: Malbork Castle -- The reconquest of Spain: Gibralfaro Castle.
ISBN:
9780007455584 (hbk)
Dewey class:
623.10902623.109
LC class:
UG401
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
10468