The most successful methods to protect castles were considered the following: “the Moat, Portcullis, Barbican, Gatehouse, Crenellations and Drawbridge (Defending a Castle).” First of all, all castles were built on a hill or a spot of high ground, so that anyone approaching a castle was visible from the distance. Castles were built on a place that had access to a river, a spring or any other source of water (Defending a Castle). A medieval castle was surrounded by a moat – a ditch around a castle that was usually filled with water, but sometimes it contained stakes made of wood (Defending a Castle). Attackers could be seen and killed with ease when trying to swim across a moat or they were killed when they fell on stakes. High curtain walls, which surrounded castles completely, were an effective protective means since attackers had to struggle hard to climb over.
In the 1500’s Morton died and the next arch bishop took ownership of his house and his title. This chain of arch-bishops changed when Henry V111 decided he liked the look of Knole so in 1543 he claimed the house as being his, although shortly afterwards he gave the castle to Elizabeth 1. In 1566 Elizabeth gave the castle to her cousin, Tommas Sackville. All these owners made significant changes to the castle, some were for defensive features and some were purely for display. The castle has many defensive features, for example, it is positioned at the top of a hill, so not only does it overlook the town giving the castle a superior image but when the owners’ enemies try and attack the castle the people living inside would be prepared for an attack.
This huge amount of land that was under his controlled was known as the Angevin Empire, this land meant that Henry wasn’t going to be just King of England but also lord of half of France. This meant that he had immense power which could have intimidated the people that were willing to threaten his rule. As well as his power being something to fear, his power could also have been respected because he was so powerful he was able to keep half of France under control before he became king of England. This shows that he was a very capable leader, with lots of experience which would have aided him in getting a fast and secure kingdom easily. Henry had several advantages that came with becoming King of England, England had well established laws and customs that were in place, despite them being under strain through Stephens reign, they were still in place and waiting to be used.
As well as all this, William had a store of the finest weapons in France. Leadership William was one of the bravest people of his time. When his army was having difficulties during the battle, he bravely led his army back up the hill to make another attack upon the English. Due to William's intelligence, he arranged his army in long rows, archers at the front to try and soften up the English's shield wall, foot-soldiers in the middle, and the cavalry at the back for a big attack.The retreating trick explained in the above paragraph also shows great leadership. Luck Luckily for William, the wind changed direction in his favour on his journey north to England.
However there were still some long-term problems. The other reasons that led William to success by 1086 included the feudal system, the Domesday Book, building castles and hiring sheriffs. The Feudal System helped William to organise the country. It worked so the King controlled everyone but the Lords, Barons, Earls, Bishops and Abbots in particular. They were in charge of the knights, who controlled the Peasants.
Henry also needed to control the nobility because if he didn’t, or only managed to control a minority, he could have a revolution, and Nobles, together, had a lot more money and power than the king himself. Firstly he gave the Earl of Surrey his lands back, bits at a time to ensure his loyalty, while having him as a key figurehead in the north to stop rebellions, since the north largely supported Richard and Henry needed to find a way of controlling them. Also Henry didn’t get rid of all the Yorkist nobles in the council, only those who thought against him. He did this so that he wouldn’t have a full scale Yorkist rebellion on his hands, but he couldn’t have people who wanted him dead and had fought against him on his council. As well as this, Henry needed to be effective at getting England onto a secure financial footing.
First of all we’ll look at Harald Godwinson. He had a strong claim to the throne because he was a blood relative of Edwards. He also had experience of power and he was very popular with the English. But when Edwards died Godwinson was expected to mourn his dead relative, instead he rushed to fight for the throne, instead of respecting his loss he was rude and disrespectful in his race for power and people were not happy with this. This section is all about Harald Godwinson!
(Doc # 3). This led to people obeying his orders. that is one very important part of legalist thinking. The building of the Great wall was begun under his rule. He overworked peasants to build the wall and protect from the northern invaders(doc # 5).
In AD 43 they came and invaded Britain. They came looking for land, slave and mostly iron, copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold. They took over most of the Celts land and built their own towns, villages and homes. They built strong forts liked to good road systems. Places like ports and harbours were very important, so that the Romans could bring in food, drink (wine and alcohol) and oils from abroad.
During the Civil War, Cromwell commanded his troops with courage, valour, bravery, and employed great tactics at the battles of Naseby, Marston and many others. His contribution to democracy and politics relating to the people of England towered above any other. And finally, in the early years of his reign as “Lord Protector” Cromwell brought peace, harmony, and unity throughout the British Isles. Against: Although, at first, Cromwell may have been fighting for democracy, not dictatorship, towards the end of his control, he became power-hungry, strict, cruel, and similar to King Charles. For example, In 1649, Oliver Cromwell made a speech in which he said: “We fought for a world in that the voice of the people is heard; now we have that world.” But, just four years later in 1653, he made a speech wherein he said: “It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all virtue.