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Comment bâtir une cathédrale. La fascinante histoire des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture médiévale (2012) — Auteur — 104 exemplaires
Comprendre les châteaux forts. Décoder l'architecture des forteresses médiévales (2014) 67 exemplaires
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- Hislop, Malcolm
- Autres noms
- Baillie-Hislop, Malcolm James
Hislop, Malcolm J. B. - Sexe
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- Royaume-Uni
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- Royaume-Uni
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- 3.9
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Piecing together design intent from earlier castles now in disrepair can certainly be a challenge, so the beginning of the book really focuses on [smaller] known details that I had trouble placing into a complete picture. Still ... I did learn a little about castle construction, even while failing to understand a fair amount of the book. There were a few reasonable connections to ecclesiastical architecture, showing how the specialist [master] craftsmen and engineers/architects applied what they learned on one to the other. It also spends a lot of time on towers, which are arguably a central part of most castles. We get to the military aspect of castles about half-way through (chapter 7). Now things get interesting ...
I was given this free advance reader copy (ARC) ebook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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