Early European Castles: Aristocracy and Authority, AD 800-1200

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Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Castle Studies in Transformation
Medieval archaeologies of Europe?
Summary
3. Debating the European Castral Revolution
Defining the castle: the eternal question
Castles and the ‘new aristocracy’
Early castles: multiple origins
Confronting the narrative of castle origins
Summary
4. Nailing the Valley: Early Towers
Introducing the European donjon
Rebuilding Rome: Classical and Carolingian antecedents
Early European donjons: plans and functions
Points of origin: innovation and emulation
Summary
5. Early Castle Archaeologies: Themes and Debates
The European timber castle?
Excavation of early castles: challenges and lessons
Summary
6. Theatres of Lordship: Noble Lifestyles
Artefacts: seigneurial material culture?
Aristocratic diet and the ecology of early lordship
Viewing early castles: looking at, looking out
Summary
7. The Broader Context: Landscape and Townscape
Putting early castles in their places
Castles and the making of settlement landscapes
Summary
8. Conclusions: The Rise of the Seigneury
Bibliography
Index