Who is most important in medieval history - kings and emperors.
Where do they live - in castles.
The name of the castle as "medieval" places it in the time it was built. The Middle Ages is a time in history that covers a 1000 years of time and when a historian states that something is medieval or in the middle ages it places it on the timeline.
Medieval castles.
There is nothing different between todays castles and medieval time castles. Today's castles were built in medieval times.
Charles Coulson has written: 'Castles in medieval society' -- subject(s): Castles, Fortification, History, Social conditions, Social history
The welsh medieval castles were big and gray.
Medieval times
in the late medieval period many medieval castles did have a primitive type of cannon.
Castles were invented in medieval times.
There are no genuine medieval castles in the USA, because the Americas were not discovered until after the medieval period had ended. There are the "fairytale" Disney castles and some modern attempts at reconstructing medieval castles, but no genuine ones.
Draw something relating to your history curriculum this semester. If you are taking ancient history, maybe Anibal with his elephants, or Jeghis Kahn with his horsemen. If you are studying medieval history, castles and knights would be good, for American history what about something from Louis & Clark or the Alamo, or the Boston tea party. I'm sure you get the idea.
Motte and bailey castles, Stone keep castles and Concentric castles
Medieval castles evolved because the old Motte and Bailey castles where easier to set alight and where not very strong, so they made stone castles to improve defence.