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Castles of Britain
www.castles-of-britain.com
Dedicated to the study and promotion of British castles, this website
has a comprehensive list of castles across the UK.
Castles on the Web
www.castlesontheweb.com/
Comprehensive guide to accommodation in castles around the world,
including Ireland and the UK.
Cathedrals Plus
www.cathedralsplus.org.uk/index.php
/front_end/introduction.html
The website of the Pilgrims' Association, which comprises cathedrals and churches of all denominations who receive significant numbers of visitors. The site gives basic visitor information for each site.
Exeter Cathedral Keystones & Carvings
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/exetercath/index.html
An illustrated introduction to all the figurative sculpture that is
part of the original interior of the medieval building. This extensive
website, designed primarily for art historians and medievalists, is also
intended to enable lay people to enjoy the wonderful medieval work.
York Minster
www.yorkminster.org/
Go on the virtual tour to explore the minster (with enlargeable photographs of significant parts) and to the timeline for an extensive look at its past.
The Stained Glass Museum
www.stainedglassmuseum.com/
Many medieval examples of stained glass from the collection at Ely
Cathedral.
Amiens Cathedral Project
www.learn.columbia.edu/
Mcahweb/index-frame.html
This multimedia tour of the Amiens cathedral
includes architectural sketches and drawings, a virtual tour of the cathedral,
and text describing the construction process.
Books
Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph and Frances Gies (HarperCollins,
1979) £8.99
A good chronicle of life inside a medieval castle, the functions of those
who lived there and insight into castle defences.
Cathedrals and Castles: Building in the Middle Ages (Discoveries)
by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (Harry N Abrams, 1995). US edition only;
available through online bookshops.
Photographs, drawings, and details of manuscript illuminations tell the
story of the birth of the building trades and reveal how Gothic cathedrals
and castles were built.
Castles of England, Scotland and Wales by Paul Johnson (Cassell,
2000) £9.99
England, Scotland and Wales have one of the most impressive and biggest
collections of castles anywhere in the world. This is an illustrated guide
to these ancient buildings.
Castles of Britain and Ireland by P S Fry (David & Charles,
2001) £14.99
Aims to bring to life every aspect of castles and castle living.
Medieval Castles of Ireland by David Sweetman (Boydell Press, 2000)
£25
A good account of the development of Irish castles from the earthwork
and stone castles introduced by the Anglo-Normans to the fortified houses
that marked the end of the medieval period.
Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England by Ben Nilson (Boydell Press,
2001) £19.99
A good account of spiritual shrines of the Middle Ages.
Kingdom, Power and Glory: Historical guide to Westminster Abbey by
John Field (James & Brown, 1996) £20
A sound account of one of the most important historic buildings in Britain.
Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel by Frances and Joseph Gies (HarperCollins,
1995) £10.99
Examination of the medieval technology that took Western civilisation
out of the Dark Ages.
Medieval Warfare edited by Maurice Keen (Oxford Paperbacks, 2001)
£15
Explores over 700 years of European warfare, from the time of Charlemagne
to the end of the Middle Ages.
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