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Castles / by Molly Moynahan.
LIBRA - Rare NA7710 .M69 1992 Frost copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moynahan, Molly.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Castles--Europe--Pictorial works.
- Castles.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 128 pages : photographs (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Stamford, Conn.] : Longmeadow Press, [1992]
- Contents:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- France
- The Netherlands
- Germany and Austria
- Scandinavia
- Spain.
- Notes:
- "This edition is published by Longmeadow Press, 201 High Ridge Road, Stamford, Connecticut 06904 by special arrangement with William S. Konecky Associates."
- "In looking at castles, it is crucial to recognize that they were part and parcel of medieval life ... One went to the castle to pay rent, to render service, to plead a lawsuit or to attend court. Castles and churches, secular and spiritual power, jointly symbolized the authority and divine order of the medieval world."--Introduction.
- Includes index.
- "Book designed by Adrian Taylor."
- Local Notes:
- Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.
- Frost Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0681418079
- 9780681418073
- OCLC:
- 495875754
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