Anne Morgan's Reviews > A Guide to the Medieval Castles of England

An excellent research guide for someone writing about castles in the medieval time period, or reading about specific people or places and wanting just a bit more about specific castles, "A Guide to the Medieval Castles of England" covers 400 castles across the country in alphabetical order. With some pictures and diagrams to break up what would otherwise be a very text heavy book, you can get a good sense of certain styles of buildings. The focus is very much the architecture of the buildings and the glossary of terms in the beginning was a big help since there were a lot of terms I didn't know and had to keep checking.

Not a book you'd necessarily read from beginning to end, but would more dip into for a few pages at a time unless you were doing specific research, it would also be a great help when planning a trip, since Hislop identifies what places are currently open to the public and what you can see today of the medieval buildings.

I received this book from NetGalley and Pen and Sword in exchange for an honest review