{"product_id":"the-culture-of-castles-in-audrey-m-thorstad-9781783273843","title":"The Culture of Castles in Tudor England and Wales","description":"First multi-disciplinary study of the cultural and social milieu of the post-medieval castle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe castle was an imposing architectural landmark in late medieval and early modern England and Wales. Castles were much more than lordly residences: they were accommodation to guests and servants, spaces of interaction between the powerful and the powerless, and part of larger networks of tenants, parks, and other properties. These structures were political, symbolic, residential, and military, and shaped the ways in which people consumed the landscape and interacted with the local communities around them.\u003cbr\u003e This volume offers the first interdisciplinary study of the socio-cultural understanding of the castle in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, a period duringwhich the castle has largely been seen as in decline. Bringing together a wide range of source material - from architectural remains and archaeological finds to household records and political papers - it investigates the personnel of the castle; the use of space for politics and hospitality; the landscape; ideas of privacy; and the creation of a visual legacy. By focusing on such an iconic structure, the book allows us to see some of the ways in which men and women were negotiating the space around them on a daily basis; and just as importantly, it reveals the impact that the local communities had on the spaces of the castle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e AUDREY M. THORSTAD teaches in the Department of History, University of North Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Audrey M. Thorstad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783273844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783273843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.70d","brand":"Audrey M. Thorstad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077327352063,"sku":"9781783273843","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99069b74-83be-4dd4-9591-45080fd9ffeb.jpg?v=1685469384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-culture-of-castles-in-audrey-m-thorstad-9781783273843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}