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1、LifeinaMedievalCastleJosephandFrancesGiesAnImprintofHarperCollinsPublishersToLynn,whobuildscastlesTableofContentsCoverPageTitlePageDedicationPhotoPrologue:ChepstowCastleITheCastleComestoEnglandIITheLordoftheCastleIIITheCastleasaHouseIVTheLadyVTheHouseholdVIADayintheC
2、astleVIIHuntingasaWayofLifeVIIITheVillagersIXTheMakingofaKnightXTheCastleatWarXITheCastleYearXIITheDeclineoftheCastleGlossaryofCastleTermsGlossaryofFeudalTermsGreatMedievalCastles:AGeographicalGuideBibliographyIndexAcknowledgmentsBytheAuthorsCopyrightAboutThePublishe
3、rPhotoChepstowCastle,withtheRiverWyeintherightbackground:Attheeasternendofthecastle(totheright),Marten’sTowerandthegreatgatehouse,leadingtothelowerbaileyorcourtyard,flankedonthesidetowardtheriverbythethirteenth-centurylivingquarters.Beyond,agateguardedbyaroundtowerle
4、adstothemiddlebailey.AtthenarrowestpointoftheridgerisestheGreatTower,builtabout1070.Beyondit,theupperbaileyleadstothebarbican(advancefortification)andwesterngatehouse.(DepartmentoftheEnvironment,U.K.)Prologue:ChepstowCastleNORTHOFTHENEWSEVERNSUSPENSIONBRIDGE,ontheWel
5、shborderinMonmouthshire,ChepstowCastlerisesfromanarrowridgecommandingtheRiverWye,abroad,shallowstreamthatfluxesdailywiththetidalSevernfromanavigablerivertoanearlydrymudflat.FromtheoppositebankoftheWye,thecastlepresentstheimageofaruggedandalmostintactstonefortress,ofi
6、mmenselength(nearlysevenhundredfeet),orientedeast-west,itsbattlementedwallsbuttressedbyseveralpowerfultowers,bothsquareandcylindrical.Thestone,varyingfromgraylimestonetoyellowanddarkredsandstone,reinforcesthetowers’suggestionofmorethanoneperiodofconstruction.Entrytot
7、hecastleisthroughtheGreatGatehouseattheeasternend,leadingtoalargegrassycourtyardsometwohundredfeetsquare.Southfromthegatehouseextendsaforty-foot-highwallthatendsatthecastle’ssoutheastcornerinanenormoustower,flatontheinnerside,semicircularontheouter,knownasMarten’sTow
8、er,adesignationitacquiredlateinitshistorywhenHenryMarten,aseventeenth-centurypoliticalprisoner,wasconfinedinitforthelasttwentyyears
