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The Great Tower of Dover Castle
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Table of Contents

  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • List of illustrations
  • List of contributors
  • Chapter 1: King Henry II’s Great Tower and its place in the history of Dover Castle by
  • David M Robinson, Steven Brindle and Paul Pattison
  • Chapter 2: King Henry II, Thomas Becket and the building of Dover Castle by John Gillingham
  • Chapter 3: In the shadow of the castle wall: King Henry II and Dover 1154–79 by Nicholas Vincent
  • Chapter 4: Dover Castle and King Henry II as a patron of architecture by Lindy Grant
  • Chapter 5: Dover Castle and the politics of 12th-century Kent by Richard Eales
  • Chapter 6: The donjon and the documents: Dover Castle from the 12th to the 14th centuries by Christopher Phillpotts
  • Chapter 7: ‘The girdle around the tower’: the inner bailey curtain wall by Kevin Booth
  • Chapter 8: Archaeology in the inner bailey by Thomas Cromwell
  • Chapter 9: Arthur’s Hall and the inner bailey during the Middle Ages by Allan Brodie
  • Chapter 10: The fabric of the Great Tower: survey and analysis by Kevin Booth
  • Chapter 11: The Great Tower: context, design and realisation by Steven Brindle and Philip Dixon
  • Chapter 12: A royal lodging: the Great Tower from c 1480 to c 1700 by Gordon Higgott
  • Chapter 13: The Great Tower as a military building, c 1680–1930 by Paul Pattison
  • Chapter 14: Enlightening travellers, entertaining tourists: explaining Dover Castle in the last millennium by Jonathan Coad
  • Chapter 15: The Great Tower project: an evocation of the Angevin royal palace at Dover by Steven Brindle and Paul Pattison
  • Bibliography
  • Index

About the Author

Paul Pattison is Senior Historian at English Heritage. Steven Brindle is Senior Historian at English Heritage. David M. Robinson is a freelance historian and author.

Reviews

'This volume is an exemplar of a deep case study of the practical, academic and philosophical and ethical dimensions of researching the history and archaeology of a site in advance of ambition re-presentation of its heritage that will have resonances for parallel projects and buildings across Europe.'
Oliver Creighton, Medieval Archaeology

'What impresses most is the range of specialists that has been brought together to turn their minds to the question of Henry II’s Great Tower, its origins, purpose, the context in which it was constructed... This is an extremely valuable addition to our understanding of Dover Castle. It is a book that will be turned to again and again.'

Jon Iveson, Archaeologia Cantiana

'Liverpool University Press have done a superb job with the volume’s production. As a product the volume initially looks a like a coffee-table book, with its large format and lavish use of crisp colour illustrations throughout, but the scholarship is deep, expert and detailed, with extensive and impeccable notes. [...] Overall, this volume is an exemplar of a deep case study of the practical, academic and philosophical and ethical dimensions of researching the history and archaeology of a site in advance of ambition re-presentation of its heritage that will have resonances for parallel projects and buildings across Europe.'
Oliver Creighton, Medieval Archaeology

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