50 Things You Didn't Know About the Middle Ages

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Chapter 2 CASTLES & WARFARE Fairy tales and fantasy stories have given us romantic notions of magical palaces with glittering towers and spires In reality medieval castles were military fortresses built primarily for defense against hostile invaders Constant warfare was a reality of life in the Middle Ages so a castle needed to be large enough to protect all of the villagers under its control and strong enough to hold out against long sustained attacks who Goes there 6