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Showing posts with label Castles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Castles. Show all posts
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Q&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

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History Extra The Great Tower at Chepstow Castle, one of the earliest Norman stone structures in the British Isles. (© Tosca Weijers/Dr...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War

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History Extra A 15th-century illumination of the Château de Saumur, which was originally built as a castle in 1356 by Louis, the se...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Ruins of a Legendary Medieval Castle Uncovered in Scotland

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Ancient Origins A legendary castle dating back to the 12th century has been relocated after being lost for more than a century. The buil...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

History Trivia - Douglas Larder raid

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March 19 1307 The Douglas Larder raid - Sir James Douglas was a Scot who returned home from school in Paris to find his estates had been...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

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History Extra Old Wardour Castle (photo by Derek Finch) In Wild Ruins , the first ever guidebook to Britain’s ru...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

How to build a medieval castle

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History Extra Built in the 1380s, the moated exterior of Bodiam Castle in East Sussex answers the popular ideal of a medieval castle....
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Did defenders of castles really pour boiling oil down on attackers?

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Siege towers and cannon can be seen in this depiction of the Siege of Orleans but no boiling oil History Extra Defenders facing d...
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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Britain’s 8 most amazing castles

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Dover Castle in Kent. (Credit: Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images) 1) Dover Castle William the Conqueror quickly began reinforc...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Secret tunnel near 'Dracula's dungeon' uncovered

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Fox News File photo - An old wall drawing depicting a portrait of Vlad the Impaler is seen in a house in Sighisoara, Romania, where his...