Название: Castles
Автор: Christopher Chant
Издательство: Roydon
Год: 1984
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 88
Размер: 79,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

The Feudal castle is one of the most magnificent and characteristic legacies of mediaeval Europe and the areas to which the Western Europeans spread their influence, notably Cyprus and the Middle East. Combining the functions of Roman fortress and Dark Age fortified settlement, the classic castle of the Normans and their successors mixed military protection with an increasing measure of comfortable living, and reflects the triumphs (and the disasters) of European feudalism from Scotland to Jordan and from Portugal to eastern Turkey.