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 ...

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.

Here’s the blueprint for this medieval Minecraft castle to make things a little easier. With a single battlement, a large holding, and carved stone windows to hang your banners, we recommend ...

Feeding everyone in medieval castles was hard work. In addition to cooks, there were people like the pantler (the person responsible for the pantry), a confectioner, a poulterer, and believe it or ...

What people's health was like during medieval times What toilets and bathrooms were like in castles What people's teeth were like in medieval times What the plague was and how people tried to cure ...

A medieval castle isn't most people's idea of a great place to live. We all know the accommodations were pretty gross, at least by today's standards. But just how bad did things get? Hold your ...

It’s a fairy tale landscape where medieval towers stand as weathered sentinels over a sun-drenched landscape, where castles grow in orchards and where Umbria overlaps with Tuscany. The valley of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Medieval Builders: Strongholds & Castles Craft, hunt, and survive in fantasy medieval world. Build your village, manage and defend castles and whole ...

Many stone structures from Southampton’s medieval town still remain - walls, vaults and buildings. But regretfully the Castle has vanished – or has it? You can still explore some parts of it ...

Despite what pop culture might have you believe, living in a medieval castle wasn't all that glamorous. If you were one of the lucky ruling class, you got some wine or the occasional hot bath.

This resource is suitable for Castles topics for P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 and P7 (First and Second Level Curriculum for Excellence). Food was flavoured with the herbs grown in the castle gardens like ...