Πύργος του Λονδίνου
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Για άλλες χρήσεις, δείτε: Πύργος του Λονδίνου (αποσαφήνιση).
Το Βασιλικό Παλάτι και Φρούριο της Αυτής Μεγαλειότητας, πιο κοινώς γνωστό ως Πύργος του Λονδίνου, είναι ιστορικό κάστρο στη βόρεια όχθη του Τάμεση στο κεντρικό Λονδίνο, στην Αγγλία. Βρίσκεται μέσα στο Διαμέρισμα Τάουερ Άμλετς του Λονδίνου, χωριζόμενο από την αριστερή όχθη του Σίτι του Λονδίνου με τον ανοιχτό χώρο που είναι γνωστός ως Τάουερ Χιλ. Ιδρύθηκε προς το τέλος του 1066 ως μέρος της Νορμανδικής Κατάκτησης της Αγγλίας.
Αναφορές[Επεξεργασία]
- Βιβλιογραφία
- Allen Brown, Reginald (1976), Allen Brown's English Castles, The Boydell Press, ISBN 1-84383-069-8
- Allen Brown, Reginald; Curnow, P (1984), Tower of London, Greater London: Department of the Environment Official Handbook, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, ISBN 0-11-671148-5
- Bennett, Matthew (2001), Campaigns of the Norman Conquest, Essential Histories, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1-84176-228-8
- Black, Ernest (1927), "Torture under English Law", University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register (University of Pennsylvania) 75 (4): 344–348, doi:
- Blunt, Wilfred (1976), The Ark in the Park: The Zoo in the Nineteenth Century, Hamish Hamilton, ISBN 0241893313
- Cathcart King, David James (1988), The Castle in England and Wales: an Interpretative History, Croom Helm, ISBN 0-918400-08-2
- Collinson, Patrick (2004), Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England and Ireland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8636
- Costain, Thomas (1958), The Three Edwards, Garden City
- Creighton, Oliver (2002), Castles and Landscapes, Continuum, ISBN 0-8264-5896-3
- Farson, Daniel (1978), Ghosts in Fact and Fiction, Hamlyn Young Books, ISBN 978-0600340539
- Friar, Stephen (2003), The Sutton Companion to Castles, Sutton Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7509-3994-2
- Gillingham, John (2002), Richard I, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-09404-3
- Hole, Christina (1951), Haunted England: A Survey of English Ghost-Lore (3 έκδοση), Batsford
- Horrox, Rosemary (2004), Edward V (1470–1483), king of England and lord of Ireland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8521 (απαιτείται συνδρομή)
- Impey, Edward; Parnell, Geoffrey (2000), The Tower of London: The Official Illustrated History, Merrell Publishers in association with Historic Royal Palaces, ISBN 1-85894-106-7
- Jerome, Fiona (2006), Tales from the Tower: Secrets and Stories from a Gory and Glorious Past, Think Publishing, ISBN 978-1845250263
- Lapper, Ivan; Parnell, Geoffrey (2000), The Tower of London: A 2000-year History, Osprey Publishing, ISBN 9781841761701
- Liddiard, Robert (2005), Castles in Context: Power, Symbolism and Landscape, 1066 to 1500, Windgather Press Ltd, ISBN 0-9545575-2-2
- Parnell, Geoffrey (1993), The Tower of London, Batsford, ISBN 978-0713468649
- Plowden, Alison (2004), Grey (married name Dudley), Lady Jane (1537–1554), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8154 (απαιτείται συνδρομή)
- Roud, Steve (2009), London Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City, Arrow Books, ISBN 978-0099519867
- Sax, Boria (2007), "How Ravens Came to the Tower of London", Society and Animals 15 (3): 269–283, doi:, http://www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/library/737_s4.pdf
- Strickland, Agnes (1840), Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest. Volume II, II, Henry Colburn
- Vince, Alan (1990), Saxon London: An Archaeological Investigation, Seaby, ISBN 1852640197
- Wilson, Derek (1998), The Tower of London: A Thousand Years (2nd έκδοση), Allison & Busby, ISBN 0-74900-332-4
Περαιτέρω ανάγνωση[Επεξεργασία]
- Bennett, Edward Turner (1829), The Tower Menagerie: Comprising the Natural History of the Animals Contained in that Establishment; with Anecdotes of their Characters and History, Robert Jennings
- Harman, A. (1864), Sketches of the Tower of London as a Fortress, a Prison, and a Palace, J. Wheeler
- Parnell, Geoffrey (2009), The Tower of London: Past & Present, History Press, ISBN 978-0752450360
Εξωτερικοί σύνδεσμοι[Επεξεργασία]
- Official website
- Further reading recommended by Historic Royal Palaces
- Bibliography of sources relating to the Tower of London