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Author:

Steele, Philip, 1948- author.

Title:

Castles / author: Philip Steele ; consultant: Dr. Jenny Benham.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Castles--Juvenile literature.
Feudalism--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Benham, Jenny, consultant.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

What is a castle? -- Wooden castles -- Stone castles -- The Great Hall -- Concentric castles -- Castle defences -- Besieged! -- Meet the expert -- Dungeons -- Feudal society -- Lords and ladies -- Working in a castle -- Peasant life -- Animals -- Dressing a knight -- Name your weapon! -- Tournaments -- Foods and feasts -- Entertainment -- Prayer and worship -- Castles in Europe -- Moorish castles -- Crusader castles -- End of an age -- Japanese castles -- Fantasy castles -- Myths and legends -- Facts and figures.

Summary:

This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts. Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and bailey styles to stone fortresses and beautiful castles in Japan and India.

Series:

DK findout!

ISBN:

1465481532
9781465481535
1465481540
9781465481542

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1057868263

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

JNPC081 -- Leonard A. Good Community Library (Ogden)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

DEPA173 -- Thornton Public Library (Thornton)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)