Castella Maris Baltici 1

• Author(s): Knut Drake,
• Publisher: Almqvist & Wiksell International
• Pages: 275
• ISBN_10: 9122015663
  ISBN_13: 9789122015666
  
• Language: de
• Categories: History / Europe / Medieval , Social Science / Archaeology ,

Description:... The twenty seven extensively illustrated essays in English and German collected here explore various aspects of the history and archaeology of the castle in the medieval Baltic states, including: The Danish castle before 1250 - status symbol or necessary defence?; Das Konventhaus in Estland; Mittelalter Wehrbauten in Schleswig und Holstein; Princes' reidences in Denmark 1000 - 1350; Die Turmburg in Estland; The medieval archbishop's and king's manors in Uppsala; The feudal castle - a fiction?; Die Wehrbauten von Haapsalu; Food and husbandry on medieval castles and manors in Sweden. An appendix gives brief descriptions and histories of castles in Finland.