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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454106703321

Autore

Taylor Arnold

Titolo

The Welsh castles of Edward I / / Arnold Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; Ronceverte, [West Virginia] : , : The Hambledon Press, , 1986

©1986

ISBN

1-282-30953-6

9786612309533

0-8264-2203-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

942.9

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Great Britain History Edward I, 1272-1307

Great Britain History, Military 1066-1485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Castles of the War of 1277; 1. Builth; 2 . Aberystwyth; 3. Flint; 4. Rhuddlan; 5. Ruthin; 6. Hawarden; Castles of the War of 1282-1283; 1. Hope; 2. Denbigh; 3. Holt; 4. Chirk; 5. Dolwyddelan; 6. Conway; 7. The Bridge near Bangor; 8. Harlech; 9. Criccieth; 10. Castell y Bere; 11. Caernarvon; 12. Beaumaris; Appendices; I. Expenditure on Welsh Castles 1277-c.1330; II. Harlech Castle: Tables of wages, carriage charges, purchase and payments for taskwork, December 1285-September 1286

III. Notes on Savoyard and other foreign craftsmen employed by Edward I in Wales

Sommario/riassunto

Arnold Taylor, the leading expert on the subject, provides an authoritative guide to the castles, begun between 1277 and 1295, in a short compass. He deals with their joint and individual features, dates, planning and construction.