De la motte du comte à la forteresse ducale : le château de Guingamp (Côtes-d’Armor)
Preventive archaeological excavation in Guingamp castle has revealed evidence of three successive phases of its development, covering an area of nearly 2000 square meters. It casts new light on the evolution of a seigniorial residence which is central to the history of medieval Brittany. The earlies...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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OpenEdition
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Archéologie Médiévale |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/archeomed/8224 |
| Summary: | Preventive archaeological excavation in Guingamp castle has revealed evidence of three successive phases of its development, covering an area of nearly 2000 square meters. It casts new light on the evolution of a seigniorial residence which is central to the history of medieval Brittany. The earliest remains are part of a circular earthwork datable to the eleventh and twelfth centuries, founded during the creation of the lordship of Penthièvre for the younger brother of Duke Alain III. A new polygonal curtain-wall, on the model of Anglo-Norman shell-keeps, is built probably in the second half of the twelfth century when Brittany belonged to the Plantagenet Empire. Building of a new fortress is begun in the 1440s and is one of the first constructions adapted to gunpowder artillery. However, it remains unfinished and is destroyed by royal order in 1626, following the troubles in the early years of the reign of Louis XIII. |
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| ISSN: | 0153-9337 2608-4228 |