CastleFull-color photos. Take a look behind the walls of these fascinating fortresses and learn how they were built to house hundreds of people and animals; how a young boy rose from lowly page to noble knight; and what life was like for the castle residents. |
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15th-century picture animals arch armor arms arrow slits arrows ashlar attack badge BAGOT GOAT bailey battlements beams BILLHOOK blade bowl building Caerphilly Caerphilly castle called cannons carved castles were built chain chapel Christians cloth Concentric castles cooking copper-alloy cord courtyard crossbow Crusaders curtain wall decorated defenders distaff ditch doors Duke Duke of Berry early 15th century enamel enemy England falconry fire flanking towers floor fortified France garrison gate gatehouse German guns hall handle HEDINGHAM CASTLE holes inner iron keep king kitchen knights ladies later leather lifting bridge Loches Loire River loopholes lord lord's Machicolations main tower mason meat medieval metal Middle Ages missiles molded motte motte-and-bailey Muslims outer wall palisade Pfalzgrafenstein plates Pleshey prisoners probably protected pull roof samurai Saumur shape shears shield silver skimmer soldiers sometimes steel Stirrup stone tower stronghold tile Tower of London turret wheel wood wool