castles
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Yorkshire is obviously of great interest to Ricardians, as it is to those who are generally interested in the county. You will all find something to educate and entertain you at the midgleywebpages.com site, which traces the origins of the Yorkshire name Midgley. However there are two pages that I think may be of particular consequence…
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There are numerous castles in the Welsh Marches. I was going to say countless, but I’m sure someone will have counted to the very last motte. Among the lesser known is Shrawardine (pronounced Shray-den), in Shropshire, not far from Shrewsbury. What remains of it overlooks the River Severn, and as there was another fortification of some sort on…
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If you have not seen the BBC documentary series “Secrets of the Castle”, please give it a whirl. It is about a 20-year project in Burgundy to build/rebuild a medieval castle, using all the materials and skills that would have been available to the original castle-builders. It is being repeated on the Yesterday channel at…
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If you have watched …
Arundel Castle, Black Dinner, Cardiff, castles, Catherine de Valois, Channel Five, city records, Clifford’s Tower, Dan Jones, denialists, Douglas clan, Edinburgh, Edward II, Eleanor Cobham, Elizabeth I, Henry Earl of Huntingdon, Henry of Huntingdon, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Hugh le Despenser, James II, Joan of Navarre, John, John Spooner, Lancaster Castle, Leeds Castle, Llywellyn Bren, Marc Morris, Margaret Clitherow, Owen Tudor, Robert Aske, Robert Curthose, Ronald Hutton, television reviews, Tobias Capwell, witchcraft, York… Channel Five’s http://www.channel5.com/show/secrets-of-great-british-castles, let me reassure you of something. There really was a king named Richard III and Dan Jones has simply forgotten to mention him. Episode 2 was about Cardiff Castle, where Richard and Anne have a window devoted to them (seasons-greetings-2016-a-2). Episode 3 was about the structure at York, or Clifford’s Tower…
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When the Normans came to England they built their stern castles upon huge mounds that gave them clear views across the countryside from the height of the donjon or keep. For many years, it was thought these mottes were mostly of Norman date, contemporary with the castle structures, or else were natural, glacial features utilised…
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Originally posted on RICARDIAN LOONS: Lady on Horseback, mid-15th c., British Museum I am passionate about history and travel! As soon as I got my passport, I was determined to go out and see the world with my own eyes, but more importantly, to encounter places associated with Richard III. In his brief 32 years,…
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The above picture is of a privy at Donegal Castle, and not, I’m sure, in the mould of the fancy ‘bog’ described below! There was a question recently concerning how old various words for ‘toilet’ might be. I have just happened on the following reference: circa 1400, Jan de Wynken de Woorde, in his ‘Boke…
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http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/home.html The above site is a wonderful resource for just about every medieval defensive building in the land. It really does cover everything, with an accompanying photograph of the site wherever possible. It covers them all by the county, even to a comprehensive list of Licences to Crenellate – the when, where and who of each one. There are maps…
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