Castles

Royal families, i.e. princes and kings and queens and princes

When they were originally built they were a center of military and economic activity with fortifications that were able to withstand siege from aggressors. they gave the local farmers and business people that were part of the economic fabric of the area a place to go when military aggressors were in their area. They also served as a deterrent against such aggression taking place in the first place. Today they are largely used for museums and displayed as relics of the past. some are stil being used as residences by people that have wealth or ties to these bygone days.

Royal Society of London

Battlements are individual indented parapets formed by a series of rising members, and separated by openings, where a soldier can shelter himself by hiding behind them.

There is no Hogwarts. If you've heard of Enchantments, It's called an Enchantment Table. Made of Diamonds, Obsidian, and a Book.

Not much was inside a castle. A few bits of furniture and table or two. No closets instead they used chests. Usually one fireplace in the great hall and some tapestry's on the walls. They were big empty spaces, but that fit the purpose of the castle and that was defense.

Bavaria has many castles, the most famous probably being the beautiful castle of Neuschwanstein near Oberammergau which was the summer residence of king Ludwig II, you would be surprised how many there are. My favorite is Auerbacher in the Hesse state.

Other castles in Bavaria are:

Altenburg (Bamberg)

Alter Hof (Munich)

Burg zu Burghausen

Burg Grünwald

Burg Trausnitz (Landshut)

Burg Wittelsbach

Herzogskasten (Ingolstadt)

Herzogsschloss Straubing

Jagdschloss Grünau

Kurfürstliches Schloss (Amberg)

Münchner Residenz

Neues Schloss Ingolstadt

Palais Leuchtenberg

Pfalzgrafenschloss Neumarkt

Schloss Berg

Schloss Blutenburg (Munich)

Schloss Dachau

Schloss Fürstenried (Munich)

Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee

Schloss Höchstadt

Schloss Hohenschwangau

Schloss Leutstetten

Schloss Linderhof

Schloss Neuburg

Schloss Neuschwanstein

Schloss Nymphenburg (Munich)

Schloss Schleißheim

Stadtresidenz Landshut

We do not really know who built the first castle, when the first castle was built, or even what castle it was.

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Yes they did get paid, they would also be given a bed and food for free. After the Magna Carta was signed by King John slavery was banned from being practised in England.

Catapult

Dover castle is a concentric castle so it has two walls, it also has a dry ditch, drawbridge, towers and a wall walk.

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First you would perhaps besiege the castle which is to surround it. You could then send sappers in which are people that did under the castle walls and then set fire to the wall with pig fat. on a stone keep castle, sappers would often dig under the corner of the castle as here, their were no windows so nobody could see what they were doing! Next, you could use a siege tower to climb over the castle walls, and then you could use long bowers to shoot arrows over the castle walls. Then, you would use a trebauchet (pronounced: TREBUCHAY) and a mangonel which are both forms of catapults! You would load the catapult with animal carcases, dead bodies and rocks! you could also use a battering ram to ram down a wall or door. A battering ram was a tree trunk with a metal ram head on the front. It would be hauled into walls or doors! Hope this helped!!

is a now ruinous Norman medieval castle situated to the north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England

To watch for enemies sailing up the River Clyde. Couldn't you have worked this out for yourself ?

The slit windows or archers' windows of medieval castles were also called loopholes.

The Bankes Family

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Oil and animal fat was boiled and poured over the parapets on top of attackers on the ground and climbing scaling ladders . In some cases flaming torches were thrown down on top of attackers who where already soaked in the hot oil so that they burned as well.

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A jester would entertain the king, queen, and the prince or princess. If the jester entertains the royal family, the king would reward him in riches. If not, the king would have him executed... or killed in any form.

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Anti-ballistic missile systems.

Mont Saint-Michel

Castles changed over time, but castles as most people would think of them would have:

A Hall - The central focus of the castle, where all the activity goes on

A storage Area - for storing food and other provisions

Private rooms - There would only be few of these for the most important people (one for the head of the household and another for his wife). All other people would sleep in the hall.

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