Castles: Britain's Fortified History - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Instruments of Invasion
Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.
Kingdom of Conquest
Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle - the great Plantagenet king Edward I who turned it into an instrument of colonization.
Defence of the Realm
Sam Willis explores how, by the Wars of the Roses, castles were under attack from a new threat - the cannon, but survived into the Tudor era only to find their whole purpose challenged.
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