Download or read book Welsh Castles written by Adrian Pettifer and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2000 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of and gazetteer to all surviving Welsh castles - the majority 13c - arranged by county, with full OS details.
Download or read book The Medieval Castles of Wales written by John R. Kenyon and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the book is to give visitors to the medieval castles of Wales a concise but informative description of the main publicly accessible sites in a convenient format. An introductory chapter outlines the development of castle architecture in Britain, drawing on Welsh examples, with a number of ‘box features’ that elaborate more fully on particular aspects, such as gatehouses, or key personalities such as Llywelyn Fawr. Five chapters form a regionally based gazetteer of the castles described. Each entry is prefaced with a key to arrangements at each castle, such as whether there is an entry charge. The know history of any given site is then summarized, and this is then followed by the core of each entry, namely the description of the visible remains, to enable visitors to navigate their way around. Some of the descriptions of the larger sites are accompanied by plans. A final chapter provides a brief overview of castle-like buildings dating from the seventeenth century onwards, and this is followed by a guide to further reading.
Download or read book Forgotten Castles of Wales and the Marches written by Paul R. Davis and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welsh Castles Colouring Book written by Dorian Spencer Davies and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of beautiful but fun illustrations of Wales' most spectacular castles, drawn by well-known Welsh artist Dorian Spencer Davies for you to color and treasure. Anyone from 4 to 94 will enjoy bringing these vivid, joyful images of 21 stunning Welsh landmarks to life. The book includes castles from all over Wales and built by both the Normans and Welsh princes: Beaumaris, Caernarfon, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Cardigan, Carew, Carreg Cennen, Castell Coch, Chepstow, Conwy, Criccieth, Denbigh, Dinefwr, Dolbadarn, Dolwyddelan, Harlech, Kidwelly, Laugharne, Pembroke, Raglan, Rhuddlan.
Download or read book The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277 1307 written by Christopher Gravett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1277 Edward I gathered a huge army and marched into Wales to subdue the rebel Welsh princes. A key part of his strategy was to erect a castle wherever his army rested. This title takes a detailed look at the design, development and principles of defence of these Welsh castles, documenting daily life within their walls and the historical events that took place around them. Focusing on key sites, it highlights the varied castle designs ranging from fortifications based on French models to the defences inspired by Constantinople, and is illustrated with eight pages of full-colour illustrations and cutaway artwork.
Download or read book The Welsh Castles of Edward I written by and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnold Taylor, the leading expert on the subject, provides an authoritative guide to the castles, begun between 1277 and 1295, in a short compass. He deals with their joint and individual features, dates, planning and construction.
Download or read book The Welsh Castles of Edward I written by A. J. Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1984-07-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arnold Taylor, the leading expert on the subject, provides an authoritative guide to the castles, begun between 1277 and 1295, in a short compass. He deals with their joint and individual features, dates, planning and construction.
Download or read book The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales written by Diane Williams and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impact of the Edwardian Castles in Wales publishes the proceedings of a conference held in 2007, a year that marked the seventh centenary of the death of King Edward I, which set out to review recent scholarship on castles that he built in north Wales after two wars, in 1277 and 1282-83 and a Welsh uprising in 1294-95, and to rethink the effect that their building had upon Wales in the past, present and future. Building upon the seminal work of Arnold Taylor, whose study of the buildings and documentary evidence has been pivotal to Edwardian castle studies for more than fifty years, the volume includes papers which call into question the role of Master James of St George as the architect of the kings new castles; the role of Richard the Engineer, the nature of royal accommodation in the thirteenth century and a detailed look at how households worked, especially in the kitchen and accounting departments. New approaches to castle studies are encouraging a more holistic understanding of the Edwardian castles and their context and to this end papers consider their impact on Welsh society and its princes in the thirteenth century, notably Llywelyn ab Iorwerth ( Fawr , the Great) and his grandson, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales. Their symbolism and meaning through the words of Welsh poets and the mythology behind Caernarfon Castle are also examined, so too is the role of Welshmen in Edward Is armies. The wider context is considered with papers on the Edwardian towns in Wales, the baronial castles in north Wales and Edward I in Scotland and Gascony. The castles still have powerful resonance and the Minister for Heritage in the Welsh Assembly Government considers their role and presentation in Wales today and in the future. Robert Liddiard concludes that the volume 'not only takes our knowledge of the Edwardian castles forward, but also informs the study of castles in the British Isles'.
Download or read book Castle written by David Macaulay and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1977 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales."--Title page verso.
Download or read book The Castles of Edward I in Wales 1277 1307 written by Christopher Gravett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1277 Edward I gathered a huge army and marched into Wales to subdue the rebel Welsh princes. A key part of his strategy was to erect a castle wherever his army rested. This title takes a detailed look at the design, development and principles of defence of these Welsh castles, documenting daily life within their walls and the historical events that took place around them. Focusing on key sites, it highlights the varied castle designs ranging from fortifications based on French models to the defences inspired by Constantinople, and is illustrated with eight pages of full-colour illustrations and cutaway artwork.
Download or read book Castles of Wales written by Alan Phillips and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of the buildings that have helped to defend Wales throughout its history from the Iron Age to the twentieth century.
Download or read book Castles and Fortifications of Wales written by Alan Phillips and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Download or read book Medieval Castles of England and Wales written by Bernard Lowry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium. Though some were built before 1066, the Norman Conquest left a lasting legacy in the form of fortifications ranging from small earthworks now barely discernible, to mighty and dominating stone fortresses. This book examines why castles were so essential to medieval warfare, their importance in domestic politics, and the day-to-day lives of those who lived and worked within them. It also shows how the development of new technologies affected their construction and design, and why they eventually fell into disrepair in the late Middle Ages. Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs, this is the perfect guide for any castle enthusiast seeking to discover more about medieval fortifications and their inhabitants.
Download or read book James of St George and the Castles of the Welsh Wars written by Malcolm Hislop and published by Pen & Sword Military. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James of St George has a reputation as one of the most significant castle builders of the Middle Ages. His origins and early career at the heart of Europe, and his subsequent masterminding of Edward I of England's castle-building programmes in Wales and Scotland, bestow upon him an international status afforded to few other master builders retained by the English crown. The works erected under his leadership represent what many consider to be the apogée of castle development in the British Isles, and Malcolm Hislop's absorbing new study of the architecture is the most important reassessment to be published in recent times.His book explores the evolution of the Edwardian castle and James of St George's contribution to it. He gives a fascinating insight into the design, construction and organisation of such large-scale building projects, and the structural, military and domestic characters of the castles themselves. James's work on castles in the medieval duchy of Savoy is revisited, as are the native and foreign influences on the design of those he built for Edward I.Some seventy years after A.J. Taylor began his pioneering research into James of St George and his connection with Wales, the time is ripe for this revaluation of James's impact and of the extent of his influence on the architectural character of the Edwardian castle.
Download or read book Castles written by Plantagenet Somerset Fry and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents original maps, plans and archive illustrations alongside hundreds of photographs, showing ruins and surviving castles in their glory. This work includes descriptions of hundreds of special buildings, from remote ruins in isolated settings to imposing piles in towns and cities.
Download or read book The Medieval Castles of Wales written by John R. Kenyon and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the visitor to the castles of Wales with a history and description of the main castles open to the public. There is an easy-to-understand outline of how castles developed, as well as features that give more detail of the different parts of a castle, such as keeps and gatehouses.
Download or read book The Castle Community written by John Rickard and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists of owners, constables, and other known officials of English and Welsh castles, with sources. Arranged alphabetically by name of castle within each county.
