Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship (Medieval History and Archaeology)

Anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship looks at the towers constructed by lords at their residences across England during the late tenth and eleventh centuries, many of which still stand above ground and can be visited today. 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, a period for which no secularbuildings whatsoever are known to survive anywhere in England. In this volume, Michael G. Shapland traces the origins of these towers in the royal and monastic architecture of early medieval Europe, and pursuesthe important question of why medieval churches have towers at all. He goes on to argue that Anglo-Saxon towers influenced the keeps and gatehouses of England's earliest stone castles.

• | Author: Michael G. Shapland
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 24, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0198809468
• | ISBN-13: 9780198809463