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Medieval castles have traditionally been examined as feats of military engineering & tools of feudal control. This book presents a different perspective, by exp

Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks,

The vast majority of castles in England, Wales, Ireland, and France have virtually no military history' of sieges or physical conflict across the whole panorama

From acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies comes the reissue of this definitive classic on medieval castles, which was a source for George R.R. Martin’

This original and pioneering book examines the role of the castle in the Norman conquest of England and in the subsequent administration of the country. The cas