Early European Castles : Aristocracy and Authority, AD 800-1200.

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 -- Summary -- 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 -- Summary -- 5. Early Castle Archaeologies: Themes and Debates -- The European timber castle? -- Excavation of early castles: challenges and lessons -- Summary -- 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 -- Summary -- 7. The Broader Context: Landscape and Townscape -- Putting early castles in their places -- Castles and the making of settlement landscapes -- Summary -- 8. Conclusions: The Rise of the Seigneury -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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