The Usborne Book of Castles: Internet-Linked,9780794501440

The Usborne Book of Castles: Internet-Linked

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ISBN13: 9780794501440
ISBN10: 0794501443
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Edc Pub
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Summary

-- Have you ever wondered what castles were for? Or what it was like to live inside one?

-- In this book, you'll discover who lived in castles, what they ate, where they slept and what they did for fun.

-- You can even learn tactics for capturing or defending a castle and see a siege in action.

-- Photographs combined with computer graphics take you inside the world of castles as never before.

Table of Contents

Castles & Internet linksp. 4
Introduction
In the beginning...p. 6
Castle timesp. 8
Early castlesp. 10
Stone castles
Castles at a glance - part 1p. 14
Castles at a glance - part 2p. 16
Square keeps & the Great Hallp. 18
Square keeps & the kitchenp. 20
Shell keeps & the chapelp. 22
Outbuildingsp. 24
The gatehouse & castle securityp. 26
Concentric castles & more roomsp. 28
Later castlesp. 30
Variations on a themep. 32
Building a castlep. 34
Construction workersp. 36
War
Choose your weaponp. 40
All wrapped upp. 42
Castle defensesp. 44
Under siegep. 46
Capturing a castlep. 48
Defending a castlep. 50
Warrior castlesp. 52
The age of chivalry
Knights & chivalryp. 56
Tournamentsp. 58
Heraldry & coats of armsp. 60
Castle life
Who's who: at the topp. 64
Running the estatep. 66
Who's who: defensep. 68
Who's who: servantsp. 70
Food & feastingp. 72
Fun & gamesp. 74
Huntingp. 76
Hawkingp. 78
Life on the manorp. 80
Crime & punishmentp. 82
New towns & tradep. 84
The beginning of the end
Castles on the way outp. 88
Timelinep. 90
Glossary & useful addressesp. 92
Map of castles in Europep. 94
Gazetteer: Europep. 96
Gazetteer: Japan & the Middle Eastp. 98
Using the Internetp. 100
Indexp. 101
Acknowledgementsp. 104
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