Table of Contents

PART ONE:  A PROBLEM SHARED Chapter One ‘Nobody on earth knew of another building like it.’ Chapter Two From Anatolia to Zealand: an A to Z of Great Houses PART TWO:  DREAM HOUSES Chapter Three From the foundations Chapter Four Castles in the air PART THREE:  SETTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER Chapter Five On a larger scale Chapter Six Social distances Chapter Seven Halls of residence and Halls of Fame Chapter Eight Building societies: a summary and some conclusions

About the Author

Richard Bradley is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Reading University and an Honorary Research Associate in the School of Archaeology at Oxford. Recent publications include: Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land (2022), Temporary Palaces (2021), A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe (2020), The Prehistory of Britain and Europe (revised edition 2019), and A Geography of Offerings (2016).

Reviews

A stimulating review.
*British Archaeology*

[T]his is wide-ranging and thought-provoking book which should be read by anyone interested in the architecture of European prehistory but equally by early-medieval archaeologists engaged in buildings and their meanings.
*Medieval Archaeology*