The White Tower

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ISBN: 9780300112931 | 0300112939
Cover: Trade Book
Copyright: 1/20/2009

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"This book is a complete architectural, archaeological and historical study of the White Tower and its context. Edward Impey and other distinguished experts integrate the most recent archaeological evidence with documentary research in order to trace the building's structural development, its original and subsequent functions and its architectural and historical significance. The book will be an important resource for the study of castles and Romanesque architecture."--BOOK JACKET.

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Introduction
Summary History of the Tower of London
Before the White Tower
London's Early Castles and the Context of their Creation
The Structure and Function of the White Tower to 2000
The Structural History of the White Tower, 1066-1200
St John's Chapel
The Function of the White Tower under the Normans
The Structure and Function of the White Tower, 1150-1485
The White Tower, 1485-1642
The White Tower, 1642-1855
The White Tower, 1855-2000
Context and Significance of the White Tower
The Ancestry of the White Tower
The Influence of the White Tower on the Great Towers of the Twelfth Century
The White Tower in Medieval Myth and Legend
Methodological and Technical Appendices
Measured Survey
White Tower Dendrochronology Programme
Petrography of the South Elevation
Medieval and Later Carpentry and Woodwork
Selected Texts
Transcripts of Primary Documents: Medieval - Selected and edited by Jeremy Ashbee
Transcripts of Primary Documents: Post-Medieval - Selected and edited by Anna Keay
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
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