Castles and Cathedrals

Architecture of Power, 1066-1500

Castles and Cathedrals is a supplementary text in the Cambridge History Programme for key stage 3. It meets the requirements of supplementary study unit category A, extending the work undertaken in Medieval Britain.

Developing architecture

This full-colour text looks at the developing architecture of castles and cathedrals - the buildings which symbolise the most powerful forces in the medieval world. Through a combination of primary and secondary sources it examines what these buildings can reveal of the people who inhabited them and of medieval society in general.

Castles and Cathedrals features

- Enquiry-based units which pose key historical questions
- A careful balance of investigation and explanation
- Overview sections which introduce and consolidate themes and concepts
- An Attainment Target matrix for pupils and teachers
- Activities ranging in difficulty which enable pupils to meet the attainment targets.

Castles and Cathedrals

Castles and Cathedrals: The Architecture of Power, 1066-1500 by David Aldred
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993
ISBN: 0521428424

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