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Synopsis
A new edition of the classic text on Crusader castles and their relation to the military architecture of the West, written by T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) while still an undergraduate at Oxford in 1910. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was generally assumed that these castles were the prototype for the massive buildings erected in Northern France and England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Lawrence opposed this view: unlike most earlier writers on the subject, he was already familiar with castles in England, Wales, France and Syria as a result of a series of expeditions made on bicycle or foot, culminating in 1909 in a three-and-a-half month walking tour of the Levant. Although his thesis was to guarantee him a first-class degree in Modern History, its impact on scholarship was slower to take effect. The typescript remained virtually unknown until 1936, a year after the author's death, when it appeared in a limited edition of the Golden Cockerel Press.
Crusader Castles is now offered to a wider readership. The original text is reproduced without alteration; but a selection of the pencilled notes which Lawrence added to the typescript, in preparation for a revision that was never made, are included as footnotes, together with additional editorial notes and bibliographical details. Lawrence's work is also assessed in the light of seventy-five years of subsequent research, in an introduction prepared by Denys Pringle.
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'a beautiful edition of the dissertation ... This new edition will give Lawrence's lively and stimulating book a fresh lease of life.' Norman Housley, University of Leicester, Journal of Ecclesiastical History
`This is an important book for anyone interested in the development of Crusader military architecture ... The editorial footnotes are superb, and Pringle's new introduction is worth the price of the book ... In effect, this new edition makes Lawrence's work available for the first time to a wide audience.' Speculum - A Journal of Medieval Studies
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"Lawrence of Arabia". Author of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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- PublisherOUP Oxford
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 019822964X
- ISBN 13 9780198229643
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages194
- EditorPringle Denys
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Oxford, UK: Clarendon, 1988. 1st edition thus, F/NF. Book has very little wear. DJ has closed tear on the upper spine. 135 b & w photos and architectural drawings and 2 maps. Includes footnotes, 3 appendices: 1. Extracts from a preliminary draft (1909-10) 2. Strategic siting of crusader castles 3. Description of five castles in the county of Edessa (1911), and Index of proper names. Originally submitted as his thesis before WWI, first printed in a limited edition in 1936 ( a year after his death) and now available for the first time for the general public. A thorough analysis of this subject (he was after all, a genius). Nice copy, great gift. Seller Inventory # 002664
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