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Castles
From the earliest Motte & Bailey Castles to the massive stone Fortresses still standing today
2,974 Questions
How do you attack a shell keep castle?
shell keep castles dont have that high or thick walls so look for the nearest higher grouns and fire a rock using catipult try aiming more to the middle. then start destroying as many walls as you can. then CHARGE chaargee baby caakeessszz!!!
Why would people attack a castle?
To be able to kill the royal family in side it to take over the kingdom so they could spread out their colony.
In order to control a country, it is necessary to control the military strong points, which in the middle ages were castles.
In what year was castle Wursburg founded?
I presume you mean "Würzburg" in Bavaria. The "Residenz Würzburg" (Würzburg Residence) was built from 1720 (laying of the foundation stone) to 1781 (finishing of the interior design).
During WW2, the residence burned out almost completely and was re-built from 1945 to 1987.
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When was the first elevator built?
The date is unknown, but the Greeks (before Christ) where improving on old designs.
Why was Rochester castle important?
That depends on which siege you mean. There were four sieges of Rochester Castle: 1088, 1215 and 1264. The most well known is probably the siege of 1215. Two sieges occurred that year.
- 1088: This siege was led William Rufus.
- 1215: The first siege of this year was led by William d'Aubigny, in May.
- 1215: The second siege of this year was led by King John, in October.
- 1264: This siege was led by Simon de Montfort.
· They were surrounded by a water filled moat which the attackers then had to cross.
· The entrance into the inner courtyard involved passing under holes through which boiling oil could be poured.
· The main entrance could only be reached across a drawbridge which would be raised during an attack.
· The entrance was blocked by a heavy metal grill called the portcullis which could be lowered into position.
attack it with ladders , fire , catapults sieging it and mining .
defennding the moat , arrow slits and draw bridge .
What are the defensive features of Bodiam castle?
Bodiam Castle was not just built for defence but also for display, It didn't have much defensive features.Bodiam Castle is also considered to be one of the best moated castles from the late medieval period. Even if it was not used as a defence, It had defensive walls ,inner courts , a wooden bridge (defended by a drawbridge), its own defended Gatehouse and Attackers then faced machicolations, three pairs of heavy doors, three portcullises and further 'murder holes' in the vaulted passageway. :)
Where medieval castles made out of wood?
Castles were once made of wood but that burnt down easily, so over the years it was built by stone
WHAT WOULD YOU HEAR AT A CASTLE?
The stone walls whispering secrets of its ancient past.
The trickling of water dripping in the cellar.
The conversation of past rulers.
"Castillo" is a Spanish equivalent of "castle."
The Spanish word is a masculine noun. Its singular definite article is "el" ("the"). Its singular indefinite article is "un" ("a, one").
The pronunciation is "kah-STEE-yoh."
Was Arundel Castle ever attacked?
Arundel Castle has been attacked 3 times. In 1102, Henry I took the castle from Robert de Belleme, in 1139 King Stephen attacked as the Castle was sheltering the Empress Matilda and in 1643, the Castle was held by the Royalists and taken by the besieging forces of General Waller.
Who lived at Caerphilly castle?
Red Gilbert had ruled over Caerphilly Castle. After dying in 1295, his son-in-law, Hugh Despenser, acquires the castle and family lands.
What are some of the mechanisms of defense in a castle?
alligator/parhana moats, walls, towers, archers, etc.
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Who were the skeletons at maiden castle?
They went to Windsor castle, I no, it's far away and they locked them up in the Baraoclk. A dungeon. After 300 years they went to Costa bay and tied the bones in a green silk rap, set fire to them and let them float in the sea. Lovely. 4 years later Mr WIilliam Saxonburg, Duke of North Durham found them in ashes, but strangly the silk rap was not burnt. This has always been a mystery, yet one to be answered.
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Well, a gatehouse is a part of a castle that is heavily defended. The gate house includes a drawbridge and maybe murder holes. If attackers get in, defenders could shower them with rocks, red hot sand, or boiling water and oil through the muder holes in the ceiling. A heavy metal portcullis protected the gate house enterence
When was hedingham castle built?
Hedingham castle was built in the early 11th/ 12th century.
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What method might be used to force a castle to surrender Europe?
there are 2 main things that would work. first, they use to mine till they were underneath the castle and then they lit pigs on fire and since they were so far, the burned hot which then would eventually cause the castle to collapse. The second is besieging a castle. The knights would surround a castle and starve everyone till they died or till they surrendered.
