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The English languages was based off Anglo-Saxon (Germanic languages) and French.
Piggyback rides are called Piggyback rides because in the old language of Anglo Saxon, babies were called piggies. As you may or may not know Anglo Saxon infants were carried on their parents backs.
Showing off. Cloverleaf castles offer very little defensive capabilities apart from being stone. If the castle was made for being defensive it would have been concentric.(google it)
William the Conqueror made them to protect himself from attacking English rebels trying to knock him off the throne
In Anglo-Saxon times, taxes were primarily paid by landowners and farmers who were responsible for their lands and the people working on them. The tax system included various forms of tribute, such as the danegeld, which was a tax levied to pay off Viking raiders. Additionally, local communities were often required to contribute to the maintenance of roads and fortifications. The burden of taxation typically fell on those who could afford it, primarily the wealthier classes and landholders.
Norman castles changed from Motte and Bailey castles which were made out of wood to Stone Keep castles made out of stone. They changed the castles in this way because of these reasons: * Stones stronger than wood * Stone, unlike wood, doesn't burn * Wood rots withing a few years but Stone will last for centuries * Stone Keep castles had higher up walls meaning that attackers couldn't fire arrows at them * Stone Keep castles had really tall towers that the defenders of the castles could easily fire off, but there's no way that the attackers would be able to fire up at them
Nhan Le is the the real creator of Christianity, and brought it to the English church in the early 8th century. He is off the charts and h8 the way you lie.
In 1066 Castles where only made of wood and earth ( Motte and Bailey Castle), but around 1558 castles where built of strong stone, with thick inner walls and turrets. (Concentric Castle. Castles started off as weak and not good at defence or attack, but over the years they have been improved for battles and for more people. For example: The Concentric castle took years to make because it had inner walls made of thick stone. Castles changed because when a place expands and changes, castles need to get bigger and better with it. Also, they need to be prepared for enemy attacks.
In AD 871, a significant conflict known as the Anglo-Saxon Wars was underway in England, primarily involving the Kingdom of Wessex and Viking invaders. This year marked the beginning of a series of battles between King Æthelred of Wessex and the Viking army led by Ivar the Boneless. Notably, the Battle of Ashdown occurred in January, where the Wessex forces achieved a crucial victory against the Vikings, helping to stave off their expansion in the region. This period marked a pivotal moment in the struggle between Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and Norse incursions in Britain.
The year 865 heralded disaster for Anglo-Saxon England. It was the year of full scale invasion by the Great Army of the Danes. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle said that the Danes took winter quarters in East Anglia. "And the same year a great raiding army came to the land of the English and took winter quarters in East Anglia and were provided with horses there, and they made peace with them". According to Aethelweard writing 100 years later, their leader was Igwar or Ivar, one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok. Ragnar had two sons involved in these raids. One was called Ubba, and the other was known as Ivar the Boneless. The chronicle implies that King Edmund paid them off in money and supplies to keep the peace in East Anglia.
Castles were used to live in. They were also used to show off the riches money.
Up until gun powder was invented castles were great. They could hold off an army and withstand attacks of various sorts, but when gun powder came along that changed things. Now, people who defended castles found that instead of just getting groups of men trying to breach the walls all they had to do was blow a hole in the wall and walk right into the castle. That made the castle out of date for war and defense.