Castles
Subtitle: their construction and history
By: Sidney Toy
Edition: Corrected republication of Castles : a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A.D. 1600, published by Heinemann, London, 1939
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780486248981
Subjects: Fortification -- Europe -- History; Fortification -- Middle East -- History; Castles -- Europe -- History; Castles -- Middle East -- History
Genres: Architecture; Military history
First sentence: From the earliest times cities and palaces were surrounded by walls, often of enormous thickness and of great height; the walls being surmounted by walks with embattled parapets.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Corrected reprint. Originally published: London : W. Heinemann, 1939 with title: Castles, a short history of fortifications from 1600 B.C. to A. D. 1600.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: I. The ancient fortresses of Babylon, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Asia Minor and Greece; title: II. Fortifications of Greece and Rome, 300 B.C. to 200 B.C.; title: III. Fortifications of the Levant, Rome, and Western Europe, 200 B.C. to 30 B.C.; title: IV. Fortifications of the Roman Empire; title: V. Byzantine Fortifications from the fifth to tenth century; title: VI. Fortifications of Western Europe from the fifth to eleventh century; title: VII. Rectangular keeps or donjons; title: VIII. Byzantine and Saracen fortifications of the twelfth century; title: IX. Transitional keeps of the twelfth century; title: X. Fortifications and buildings of the bailey in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; title: XI. Castles from about 1190 to 1270; title: XII. Siege engines and siege operations of the Middle Ages; title: XIII. Edwardian and contemporary castles; title: XIV. Towns, fortified bridges, and towers; title: XV. Gatehouses and defences of the curtain during the thriteenth and fourteenth centuries; title: XVI. Development of the tower-house; title: XVII. Sixteenth century forts; title: Index