Early European castles : aristocracy and authority, AD 800-1200 / Oliver H. Creighton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creighton, Oliver, author.

Series:

Debates in Archaeology.

Debates in Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology, Medieval.

Castles--Europe.

Castles.

Civilization, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bristol Classical Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Early European Castles shows how our understanding of the origins and growth of medieval castles is currently being transformed and develops a framework for deepening our understanding of Europe's 'castral revolution' in the period AD 800-1200.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Castle Studies in Transformation

Medieval archaeologies of Europe?

Summary

3. Debating the European Castral Revolution

Defining the castle: the eternal question

Castles and the 'new aristocracy'

Early castles: multiple origins

Confronting the narrative of castle origins

4. Nailing the Valley: Early Towers

Introducing the European donjon

Rebuilding Rome: Classical and Carolingian antecedents

Early European donjons: plans and functions

Points of origin: innovation and emulation

5. Early Castle Archaeologies: Themes and Debates

The European timber castle?

Excavation of early castles: challenges and lessons

6. Theatres of Lordship: Noble Lifestyles

Artefacts: seigneurial material culture?

Aristocratic diet and the ecology of early lordship

Viewing early castles: looking at, looking out

7. The Broader Context: Landscape and Townscape

Putting early castles in their places

Castles and the making of settlement landscapes

8. Conclusions: The Rise of the Seigneury

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78093-401-7

1-4742-8217-2

OCLC:

1058338669