Discusses the structure and functions of castles and describes everyday life inside a medieval castle.

Describes, in brief text and illustrations, how the inhabitants of a medieval castle prepared for war and endured a siege.

"An epic reappraisal of the medieval world -- and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the rise of the West -- from the New York Times bestselling author of The Templars. When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era -- and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names -- from St Augustine and Attila the Hun...

Describes daily life in the castles of Europe from the years 500 to 1500.

Describes events and cultural developments all over the world 1,000 years ago, including the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

From the Back Cover: Mont Saint Michel and Chartres is a record not of a literal journey but of a meditative journey across time and space into the medieval imagination. Using the architecture, sculpture, and stained glass of the two locales as a starting point, Adams breathes life into what others might see merely as monuments of a past civilization. With daring and inventive conceits, Adams looks at the ordinary people, places, and events in the...

It is May 1272, and Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, journeys to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor. Although Eleanor hopes to regain her strength in the midst of pleasant childhood memories, death reveals a most troublesome fondness for her company.A ghost now haunts Amesbury. Is it perhaps the spirit of a pregnant woman who drowned herself in the River Avon? But soon the specter...

Tells about the lives of knights throughout history while focusing on those of medieval times.