9 Structural Symbolism in Medieval Castle Architecture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Editor’s Preface xv
6. List of Abbreviations xvii
7. A Note on the Text xviii
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 Fourteenth-Century Castles in Context: Apotheosis or Decline? 19
10. 2 Architects, Advisors and Design at Edward I’s Castles in Wales 41
11. 3 The Courtyard and the Tower: Contexts and Symbols in the Development of Late Medieval Great Houses 61
12. 4 Castle Planning in the Fourteenth Century 79
13. 5 Meaningful Constructions: Spatial and Functional Analysis of Medieval Buildings 101
14. 6 Mota, Aula et Turris: the Manor-Houses of the Anglo-Scottish Border 127
15. 7 Lulworth Castle, Dorset 157
16. 8 A Scottish Problem with Castles 167
17. 9 Structural Symbolism in Medieval Castle Architecture 199
18. 10 Specimens of Freedom to Crenellate by Licence 221
19. 11 Some Analysis of the Castle of Bodiam, East Sussex 241
20. 12 English Castles in the Reign of Edward II 303
21. 13 Castles of Ward and the Changing Pattern of Border Conflict in Ireland 323
22. 14 The Donjon of Knaresborough: the Castle as Theatre 333
23. 15 The Architecture of Arthurian Enthusiasm: Castle Symbolism in the Reigns of Edward I and his Successors 349
24. 16 Medieval Ornamental Landscapes 375
25. 17 Otherworld Castles in Middle English Arthurian Romance 393
26. Guide to Further Reading 409
27. Index 415