Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...

From royal feasts to siege defense, this is what daily life looked like behind the towering walls of a medieval castle—where power lived.

What a castle siege is How people prepared for a ... Use this drawing of a medieval trebuchet to help you. Image caption, Can you draw a trebuchet and label the different parts?

Stunning images were captured by a photographer who traveled along the west coast of the Scottish islands, showing the scenic life of those who live in the remote areas.

The Eltz Castle is commonly known as Burg Eltz, Burg being the translation for “castle” in German. The first written evidence ...

RUTH GOODMAN: This is how many of us think of the interior of castles. Bare stone, echoey, damp, gritty underfoot, but that's because we're used to ruins.When they were in use, back in the 13th ...

During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted the trebuchet to make sure its missile hit the castle wall—and destroyed it.

THE JOSLYN CASTLE HOSTED AN EVENT TODAY ... Program on the importance of falcons in the medieval era. A history professor discussed the life and legacy of Joan of Arc. Organizers aimed to showcase ...

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