Castles in Medieval Society THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME - SYDNEY adaptations for specific knowledge domains

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Castles in Medieval Society THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME - SYDNEY adaptations for specific knowledge domainsIn this challenging new book Charles Coulson overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle building in the middle ages. He demolishes the traditional belief that castles were overwhelmingly military in their function, showing how this was simply one aspect of a more complicated whole. He sets out to recreate the medieval understanding of castles as symbolically fortified places of all kinds, from ancient walled