In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across ...

Military tactics have evolved significantly over time. While the concept of a siege may evoke images of medieval warfare, modern military forces continue to use this strategy today, but with some ...

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 ...

Niewiński, Andrzej 2021. Głód ma większą moc niszczycielską niż miecz. Przygotowania wojenne w Le Livre des fais d’armes et de chevalerie Christine de Pisan. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia ...

Dover Castle on the Kent coast is opening a major visitor experience in time for the school summer break. After 800 hours of work by English Heritage, a digital model of the historic castle as it ...

A siege is when an enemy surrounds a town ... Use this drawing of a medieval trebuchet to help you. Image caption, Can you draw a trebuchet and label the different parts? Here are the different ...

The attraction, called Dover Castle Under Siege, will also see the castle's northern defences opened to the public for the first time, while children have the chance to experience a siege-themed ...