Castles in the Countryside
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Castles in the Countryside - Castles and Landscapes |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | O.H. Creighton; University of Exeter; |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Archaeology; Medieval history |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Archaeology; castle; landscape; castle sites; symbols; power; urban; rural |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | GN406-517; Cultural traits; customs; institutions; GN406-442; Technology; Material culture |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | This chapter seeks to integrate two conflicting ways of understanding the contribution of castles to the making of the rural landscape. On the one hand, castles were part of the rural landscape and components within local settlement patterns, and on the other hand, some of their characteristics elevated them above the rural scene. The status of rural castles as manorial centres is shown in their association with other characteristic features of rural lordship. Moreover, it is argued that castles in England have rarely brought rural settlements into existence, and castle lords were more involved in the re-orientation of village plans. Most eleventh and twelfth-century castles form a manorial focus within village plans, many being located to bring communities under tighter control. Other castles existed as dispersed settlements and many later castles were intended as isolated lordship sites, deliberately removed from the tenantry. All these patters and processes, however, are seen as part of a wider context of regional economies and landscapes. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Feb-2005 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20396 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.20396 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Castles and Landscapes |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
England, Middle Ages; 11th century; 12th century; 13th century; 14th century |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |