Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship
Auteur: Michael G. Shapland
Nombre de pages: Nombre de pages non disponible pages
ISBN: 0191846813, 9780191846816
Edition: Oxford University Press
Date de publication: Oxford University Press
Description: A detailed study of the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. Although these towers contained chapels, their role in the exercise of secular power mean that that they provide a unique opportunity to study standing aristocratic architecture from before the Norman Conquest.