The Sutton Companion to Castles - Hardcover

Friar, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750927445 ISBN 13: 9780750927444

Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Castles are hugely appealing to all who love history, architecture, archaeology, heritage and landscape. Newcomers to the study of castles as well as more experienced researchers should find Stephen Friar's companion informative, knowledgeable and wide-ranging. It contains over 1000 entries on English and Welsh fortifications from the Bronze Age to the present. If you are not sure just what a "motte and bailey" castle was, or whether the Romans left any fortified building during their occupation of Britain, this is the book you need. Stephen Friar uses his vast knowledge of all aspects of castles to explain things succinctly and clearly for the non-specialist. In addition, the companion is illustrated and has an index of castles, lists of addresses and further reading. Entries cover early fortifications such as Bronze Age hillforts, Roman fortifications, signal stations, medieval, Tudor and Napoleonic castles and fortifications, siege warfare, beacons, telegraph systems, modern fortifications such as military roads, pill boxes, watch towers, and romantic revival castles such as Castell Goch and Castle Drogo.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen Friar is a writer and researcher specialising in history, heraldry and genealogy. His previous books include Heraldry, Companion to the English Parish Church (both published in Sutton History Handbooks), Basic Heraldry (with John Ferguson, A & C Black) and The Local History Companion (Sutton 2001)

Edition details

• Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750927445
• ISBN 13: 9780750927444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320