An edition of Castles
(1939)
Castles
their construction and history
Corrected republication of Castles : a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 1600, published by Heinemann, London, 1939
by Sidney Toy
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First Sentence
"From the earliest times cities and palaces were surrounded by walls, often of enormous thickness and of great height; the walls being surmounted by walks with embattled parapets."
Table of Contents
Preface
I. The ancient fortresses of Babylon, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Asia Minor and Greece
II. Fortifications of Greece and Rome, 300 B.C. to 200 B.C.
III. Fortifications of the Levant, Rome, and Western Europe, 200 B.C. to 30 B.C.
IV. Fortifications of the Roman Empire
V. Byzantine Fortifications from the fifth to tenth century
VI. Fortifications of Western Europe from the fifth to eleventh century
VII. Rectangular keeps or donjons
VIII. Byzantine and Saracen fortifications of the twelfth century
IX. Transitional keeps of the twelfth century
X. Fortifications and buildings of the bailey in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
XI. Castles from about 1190 to 1270
XII. Siege engines and siege operations of the Middle Ages
XIII. Edwardian and contemporary castles
XIV. Towns, fortified bridges, and towers
XV. Gatehouses and defences of the curtain during the thriteenth and fourteenth centuries
XVI. Development of the tower-house
XVII. Sixteenth century forts
Index
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corrected reprint. Originally published: London : W. Heinemann, 1939 with title: Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600.
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