Preface Acknowledgments 1. INTRODUCTION The Hundred Years War: 1330-1480 Seats of Power * Gothic Architecture During the Later Middle Ages PART ONE: 1330-1400 2. THE AVIGNAN PAPACY: 1300-1400 The Papal Court Moves from Rome * Avignon, The Papal Palace 3. ENGLAND: 1330-1360 * Ambition and Success at War * English Royal and Semi-royal Palaces * Windsor Castle 4. ENGLAND: 1360-1400 Retrenchment and Failure * Royal and Semi-royal Palaces * Kenilworth Castle * Palace-Fortresses in Northern England * English Response to the Threat of Invasion 5. THE FRENCH CROWN Crown and Provinces in France During the War Pride and Disgrace: 1337-1360 Repair and Recovery: 1360-1400 * Castles during the Later Fourteenth Century vi CONTENTS * The Royal Residences * Paris, The Louvre * Vincennes Castle * Sully-Sur-Loire Castle 6. THE DUCHY OF BRITTANY The War of Breton Succession: 1341-1381 * Ducal and Seigneurial Defences and Protection * Suscinio Castle * Clisson Castle 7. THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE Economic Prosperity and Political Uncertainty * Regional Residences 8. THE COUNTY OF FOIX Gaston, Count of Foix * Gaston's Building Programme 9. THE DUCHY OF BURGUNDY The Growth of Burgundy * The Artistic Patronage of the Duke of Burgundy * Dijon, The Ducal Palace * Germolles Manor 10. SCOTLAND A Persistant War * High and Royal Status Residences * Doune Castle 11. THE DUCHY OF FLANDERS A Century of Political and Economic Turbulence * The Ducal Residences 12. THE IBERIAN PENINSULA Political Involvement in the War * Architectural Development During the Middle Ages * The Royal Palaces of Iberia * Seville, El Alcazar * Monastic Palaces of Castile and Aragon * Zaragoza, La Aljaferia * Barcelona, Royal Palace * Palma, Almudaine Palace and Belver Castle * Perpignan Palace * Collioure Castle CONTENTS vii * Olite Castle * Sintra Palace 13. THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE Political Development and Cultural Consequences * Prague Castle * Karlstein Castle 14. THE ORDER OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS The Changing Purpose of the Order * Malbork Castle PART TWO: 1380-1420 15. THE FRENCH CROWN Charles VI and the Breakdown of Consent * Paris, The Royal Residence 16. THE DUCHY OF ANJOU The House of Anjou * Angers Castle * Saumur Castle * Tarascon Castle 17. THE DUCHY OF BERRY John, Duke of Berry * Bourges Palace * Mehun-sur-Yevre Castle * Poitiers, Ducal Palace * Poitiers, Clain Castle 18. THE DUCHY OF ORLEANS The House of Orleans * Pierrefonds Castle * La Ferte Milon Castle 19. THE DUCHY OF BURGUNDY John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy * Paris, Tour Jean Sans Peur viii CONTENTS PART THREE: 1415-1480 20. ENGLAND Surprise, Success, and Factional Bitterness: 1415-1453 * Rouen Castle The Dying Embers of War: 1453-1475 * Royal Residences: 1400-1485 * Eltham Palace * The Castles of Returning Commanders and Captains of War: 1340-1460 21. THE FRENCH CROWN: 1420-1453 Withdrawal and Reconstruction * Chinon Castle * Loches Castle * Rambures Castle 22. THE FRENCH CROWN AND COURT: 1453-1483 Recovery and Expansion * Fifteenth Century Castles * The Appeal of the Loire Valley * Montsoreau Castle * Langeais Castle * Fougeres-sur-Bierre Castle * Le Plessis Bourre Castle * Le Plessis Mace Castle * Plessis les Tours Manor 23. THE DUCHY OF ANJOU King Rene * King Rene's Properties * Bauge Castle * Launay Manor 24. THE DUCHY OF ORLEANS Jean, the bastard of Orleans * Chateaudun Castle * Anjony Castle * Beaugency Manor 25. THE DUCHY OF BURGUNDY Expansion and Collapse Culture at European Courts During the Fifteenth Century * The Ducal Residences CONTENTS ix * Bruges, Het Prinsenhof * Lille, Rihour Palace * Olhain Castle 26. THE DUCHY OF BRITTANY The Maintenance of Ducal Authority * Ducal and Seigneurial Defences * Nantes Castle 27. THE DUCHY OF AQUITAINE The Collapse of English Government 28. SCOTLAND The Re-assertion of Royal Authority * Royal Building Activity * Lithlingow Palace 29. CONCLUSION A War of Bankruptcy and Ostentation * Architectural Similarities and Differences * The Architectural Influence of War * Seats of Power Notes: Historical Review * Architectural Study