It has long been assumed that England lay outside the Western European tradition of castle-building until after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is now becoming
This book presents a fresh perspective on eleventh- and twelfth-century Irish architecture, and a critical assessment of the value of describing it, and indeed
The Archaeology of the 11th Century addresses many key questions surrounding this formative period of English history and considers conditions before 1066 and h
A detailed study of the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. Although these towers conta
This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic, religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman