Matthew Johnson

Behind the Castle Gate (eBook, ePUB)

From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages.

Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both. By encouraging the reader to view castles in relation to their inhabitants, Matthew Johnson uncovers a whole new vantage point. He shows how castles functioned as stage-settings against which people played out roles of lord and servant, husband and wife, father and son. Building, rebuilding and living in a castle was as complex an experience as a piece of medieval art.

Behind the Castle Gate brings castles and their inhabitants alive. Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives it will be read avidly by all with an interest in castles.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135135652
• Artikelnr.: 39266002

Autorenporträt

Matthew Johnson is the author of the poetry collections, Shadow Folks and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books) and Far from New York State (New York Quarterly Press). His poetry has appeared in The Maryland Literary Review, Northern New England Review, Roanoke Review, South Florida Poetry Journal, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of nominations for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net awards. He has been selected with recognition from The Hudson Valley Writer's Center, Grand View University, and Sundress Publications. A former sports journalist and editor who wrote for the USA Today College and The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY), he earned is MA in English at UNC-Greensboro. He is currently the managing editor of The Portrait of New England and poetry editor of The Twin Bill. Website: matthewjohnsonpoetry.com

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. List of Figures. Preface: Behind the gate at Cooling 1.
Introduction: Casting our Eyes Upon Sconces 2. Watery Landscapes 3. The
Ordering of the Late Medieval Castle 4. Medieval to Renaissance 5.
Kenilworth: The evidence house 6. Beyond the Pale 7. Conclusion: Rethinking
castles Glossary. Bibliography. Index