British Castle Studies in the Late 20th and 21st Centuries
Sarah Speight
Few areas of medieval research have been so polarised in the late 20th century as castle studies. With two schools thought pulling opposite directions, one towards fortress, residence, efforts channelled into justifying these camps rather than exploring common ground. Yet many approaches on offer are compatible both with each other and a more inclusive examination society that examines castles venues stages for human behaviour mere architectural forms. The key to moving forward opening up new vistas is multi- inter-disciplinarity; using wider range models sources examine function use, our historiographical skills reduce mechanism determinism favour holistic approach ‘real’ life.
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