Coulson C. Castles in Medieval Society: Fortresses in England, France, and Ireland in the Central Middle Ages

Oxford University Press, 2003. — 453 p. — ISBN: 9780198208242In this challenging new book Charles Coulson overturns many of the traditional assumptions about the nature and purpose of castle-building in the middle ages. Going back to the original sources, he proposes a new and more subtle understanding of the function and symbolism of castles as well as vivid insights into the lives of the people who inhabited them.