Introduction to castles, Детальна інформація
Introduction to castles
|When William the Conqueror defeated Harold II at Hastings he headed |
|towards Dover where the Angle-Saxons had already raised a burh. |
|William improved this fortification by erecting a motte-and-bailey. |
|Dover Castle has the most massive tower in Britain, an almost |
|100-foot cube with walls from seventeen to twenty-one feet thick. In |
|1216 the castle was besieged by Louis, son of the French king but |
|saved when Louis returned to France. |
|Overlooking Dover Harbour, the shortest sea-route to the Continent it|
|barred the way of anybody trying to invade England. Early in the 19th|
|century Napoleon stood opposite on the cliffs of Calais and through |
|his telescope surveyed Dover. With the British navy controlling the |
|seas and the steep cliffs beneath the castle he decided against an |
|invasion of England, immediately turned round and invaded Russia |
|instead. Hitler followed the same pattern and again after |
|contemplating the problem decided to invade Russia instead. Beneath |
|the castle are the secret wartime passages where the evacuation of |
|Dunkirk and the Channel sea battle was controlled. |
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|Warwick Castle |
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|Location: Warwick Country |
|towards Dover where the Angle-Saxons had already raised a burh. |
|William improved this fortification by erecting a motte-and-bailey. |
|Dover Castle has the most massive tower in Britain, an almost |
|100-foot cube with walls from seventeen to twenty-one feet thick. In |
|1216 the castle was besieged by Louis, son of the French king but |
|saved when Louis returned to France. |
|Overlooking Dover Harbour, the shortest sea-route to the Continent it|
|barred the way of anybody trying to invade England. Early in the 19th|
|century Napoleon stood opposite on the cliffs of Calais and through |
|his telescope surveyed Dover. With the British navy controlling the |
|seas and the steep cliffs beneath the castle he decided against an |
|invasion of England, immediately turned round and invaded Russia |
|instead. Hitler followed the same pattern and again after |
|contemplating the problem decided to invade Russia instead. Beneath |
|the castle are the secret wartime passages where the evacuation of |
|Dunkirk and the Channel sea battle was controlled. |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|Warwick Castle |
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|[pic] |
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|Location: Warwick Country |
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