The White Tower
By: Edward Impey.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780300112931
Subjects: White Tower (Tower of London, London, England); Castles -- England -- London; Historic buildings -- England -- London; London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Site and siting of the early castle and the context of its creation; title: Structural history of the White Tower, 1066-1200; title: Chapel of St John; title: Function of the White Tower under the Normans; title: Structure and function of the White Tower, 1150-1485; title: White Tower, 1485-1642; title: Ordnance store, 1642-1855; title: White Tower, 1855-2000; title: Ancestry of the White Tower; title: White Tower and its influence; title: White Tower in medieval myth and legend; title: Measured survey; title: Dendrochronology; title: Petrography; title: Medieval and later carpentry and woodwork.