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Famous castles of the Middle Ages?
There is a link below to a website on famous medieval castles.
Why are medieval castles called medieval?
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.
Why by the 1200s most castles were built of stone instead of wood?
The oldest medieval castles were made in the 9th century AD. They were made until the end of the middle ages.
How many castles did the roman empire have?
The Roman did not have any castles. Castles emerged after the end of Roman civilisation, during the Middle Ages.
How lived in fortified castles during the middle ages?
the nobility
Where did a medieval lord live?
Medieval ladies usually lived in manor houses. Sometimes they lived in castles. Especially in the later part of the Middle Ages, some members of the nobility had town houses in towns or cities, so a few ladies lived in these.
What time does Catherine Called Birdy take place?
"Catherine, Called Birdy" by Karen Cushman is set in the year 1290 in England during the medieval period. The events in the story take place during the Middle Ages, a time of knights, castles, and feudal society.
What is a medieval building?
Medieval buildings are buildings that were built during the Middle Ages.
How did castles change form the early Middle Ages to the late Middle Ages?
Castles in the early middle ages were motte and bailey castles- a motte was a large mound and a bailey was like a courtyard. These developed into the standard castle with strong stone walls etc.
When were catapults used?
Some catapults were used in the middle ages to try and get into Medieval Castles. The Romans had catapults. I had a hand catapult when I was a youngster.
When did the medieval castles dominate the land?
As they are "medieval" castled, they were built to dominate the land in "medieval" times - that is in the Middle Ages, a period of European history encompassing the 5th to the 15th centuries, from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Renaissance.
Are any of the castles built during middle ages still standing?
yes
