A Medieval castle was a very complex structure and there are lots of things about them that you will recognize. A Motte and Bailey was an early form of castle where a large mound of dirt was built up then a wooden fortification was placed on top. This wooden fortification was in the shape of a timber fence that formed a circle like a crown at the top of the mound. The Mound is the motte, and the timber fence and the space it enclosed is the Bailey.
What states have the castle doctrine?
A Castle Doctrine is an American legal doctrine claimed by advocates to arise from English Common Law that designates one's place of residence as a place in which one enjoys protection from illegal trespassing and violent attack. I've been able to find about the adoption of "Castle Doctrine" laws by various states. California, Michigan, Oregon, and Texas are absent from that list.
The rough size of an stone keep castle?
It depends on how much stone you use to build it. Sometimes the hill cannot take the weight.
Who are the authors who play poker with rick castle on the TV show Castle?
James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell (who, unfortunately, passed away on Thursday September 30, 2010)
Why was choosing a site to build a castle upon important?
Because, if you put the castle in a valley, where could the king look to his kingdom?
Or protect it from any other cities to attack. And usually where they built it was on sacred ground because any kings were sacred. A king could always look to his kingdom on the top of a hill, and protect it from invaders.
What special features did durham castle have to protect it from attack?
It had a brick wall that was 100ft tall bigger than china wall.
It also had a armadillo and sharks in the ditch! i wouldn't like to fall in!!
How many times has dover castle been invaded?
well i think only 1 because first it was made out of wood and then the canged it
Why do stone castles have round corners?
Newer castles were made with stone and rounded corners. the reason was that it was an advance round corners were good because they had fewer space to hide and also the shape deflected any catapults or missiles.
They varied in size depending on the status of the noble and how much power the king gave that person.
How much does it cost to get married at leeds castle?
i dont know alot of money i guess
i suggest you ask siri
Alphabetically which name comes first Norman Bailey-Jones or Norman Bailey Jones?
Norman Bailey Jones
Mr. Jim Bishop built Bishop's Castle in Southern Colorado. He began in 1969, and has continued building it every summer since then, singlehandedly. The castle is situated along Highway 165 southwest of the city of Pueblo. It has many impressive features, including circular tower staircases, a chapel with stained glass windows, and a fire-breathing dragon!
When were house windows first use?
Windows in houses and other buildings have been used ever since ancient times, in the Babylonian, Assyrian and Pharonic Egyptian Empires, although in those days they were simply open gaps that were covered with either fabric curtains or shutters at night. Even the Romans, who used glassware a lot in tableware, never used glass in their windows as they had not mastered the technique of rolling it to make window panes.
The Bronze and Iron Age tribes of Europe did not have windows in their residential huts at all, though they did have small openings in their 'moot halls' to allow light in.
Glass first began to be used in windows in late Anglo-Saxon times, mostly in churches, but these could only be constructed using small pieces of glass held together in a framework of lead. This is why stained-glass windows in Mediaeval cathedrals and churches are made up of small pieces with leaden supports in between. During this era, glass in windows was reserved for ecclesiastical use in monasteries, abbeys and churches- even the wealthy upper classes living in castles or fortified manors had open windows that were sealed with wooden shutters at night.
The technique of making plate-glass windows by rolling molten glass into flat pieces was not developed until the latter years of King Henry VIII's reign (i.e. 1540's), but it was only the nobility and extremely wealthy who could afford to have these installed- many continued to use the old-style lattice windows, and plate-glass continued to be unusual up until the end of the 17th Century. It was only from around the time of the architect Sir Christopher Wren that plate glass came into widespread use.
Where was the duke of Guise ambushed and massacred in the Loire Valley?
he was assassinated in the king's bedroom, in the castle of Blois.