This is an example of how important Kenilworth Castle was at this time and also how far the De Clintons went to maintain their power. This also shows that Kenilworth was not a typical castle because there were other castles shaped from it and the De Clintons had used other designs to create one of their forts. Geoffrey probably built an earth and timber castle to start off the castle buildings. He then built a Stone Keep which was made out of soft local sandstone to replace the timber one that was probably there before. This would have created much better defence from attack than a wooden fort.
At around 1120 Warwick castle first started to build stone walls around the perimeter and then in 1450 guys tower was added, giving it the classical ‘castle’ look. In 1540 ceasers tower was added, this was added as a defensive feature, showing that around this time castles were still built for battle. Then in 1700 royalists in the civil war besieged it, they added cannons to the towers and the castle looked more like it does nowadays. In 1800 refurbishments were added, improving the living quarters and making it a palace castle from here on out it was indeed considered a palace castle until nowadays where Warwick castle is a tourist attraction owned by Madame tussards, who also own Alton towers and Thorpe park etc. so it is owned by the owners of theme parks, which gives it the touristy feel.
Before the 1600s, when there was a war, people would have been picked off the street and been given weapons but not trained or qualified to fight. Oliver Cromwell picked up on this and took people off the street and trained them how to fight. This would have made the parliament really like him because if he has a trained army, they are much more likely to win the war. Obviously, this would make the opposite side despise him much more and they did copy his idea to train the army. This process took a very long time to get all the people, train them, give them weapons and to fight.
Henry had little available soldiers in England due to the Wars of the Roses, or the necessary financial resources to fund such a campaign. Instead it seemed more appropriate for him to work on constructing links between his country and other he deemed as good partners for England. An example of one of these links created by Henry was the Medina del Campo, an allegiance with Spain uniting the nations against the possible French threat. The treaty was first negotiated in 1489, with the arranged marriage of Henry’s son, Arthur, and Catherine of Aragon of Spain, cementing the deal. Another example was Henry’s immediate truce with Scotland in 1486, when a three year peace treaty was signed, which was only eventually ended due to the death of James III in 1488 and his successor, the 15 year old James IV, whose anti-Anglo attitude disrupted any potential amnesty between the states until 1497 when the treaty of Ayton was signed.
His son Robert continued to improve and add to the buildings. King Edward I spent a night in the castle in 1292. Edward ii presented Warkworth to the powerful Percy family, who were there to provide defense against Scotland. It was in 1388 Henry Percy built the huge keep which dominates Warkworth Castle. In 1214 was the Castle Gatehouse which was the main entrance to the castle and therefore needed to be heavily guarded.
The guard of federalism is shown one way in the Constitution when they set up the compound government to make sure that the federal government doesn’t get too much power. The second way is when some responsibilities are given to the state government so that they can share the power equally. Federalism protects against tyranny because it ensures that the federal government doesn’t have too much to say in what happens in the country so that they don’t become too powerful and create tyranny. The second guard against tyranny was the separation of powers which means that the government is separated into separate branches so that they can spread out the power so that one branch of the government can have more pull in what happen in the decisions made
The small round-headed windows in the ground floor are also original features. At the end of the 12th century, Chepstow passed by marriage to William Marshal, a formidable soldier of fortune, and earl of Pembroke. With considerable experience in military architecture in France, he set about bringing fitz Osbern's castle up to date. He rebuilt the east curtain wall, with two round towers projecting outwards, in order to protect this vulnerable side. Arrow-slits in the towers were designed to give covering fire to the ground in front of the curtain, and this was one of the earliest examples of the new defensive mode which was to become characteristic of the medieval castle.
William also had the opportunity to become king during the elections, because the other candidates had weaknesses: Edgar Aetheling was only 6 years old and he was too young to become king; Harald Hardrada was a Viking and a foreigner, this was to risky; Harold Godwinson wasn’t related to Edward and wasn’t fully English. This gave William an advantage to become king and hold their weaknesses against them. William had a lot of skills, which gave him an advantage to win. William cleverly used horses that were especially trained for battle. They were used as a weapon, which Harold didn’t have.
Why did the barons rebel against king john? In this essay I will explain as to why I think the barons rebelled against king john in 1216: In order to be a good king you have to be good at your job you can’t be weak, king john lost most of his empire due to being weak he was a weak fighter and a weak king and if for example England were under attack then they would lose and if the king loses that make that barons lose and that didn’t show to England or the barons that king john was a good enough king .In order to be a good king you have to be trustworthy and King John didn’t prove to be trustworthy because everyone believed that he killed his nephew Arthur and if his as so audacious enough to kill his own family then wouldn’t he be as so brave to kill anyone. Even though, king john wasn’t the best of kings but not everything he did was bad he did win the battles against wales and Scotland and he improved the ships and made them stronger not only that he made sure that the trails in court were fairer and that made England richer. He did help the poor he fed 1000 paupers each year but some people believe that he could have done more to help. He was also a good king because he looked good and he kept law and order yet in the rest of his jobs he was quite a bad king for example when he did help the church etc.
By examining the personalities of each of the palace’s residents it makes it clear to see why they added certain elements such as art and décor and animals. In addition to the personality quirks the contributed to the palace, Dunlop also observes the château’s architecture. An important fact to note is that the Château de Versailles is not considered old by European standards. However, once it was completed “than every ruler in Europe, from the Mediterranean to the Baltic, wanted a copy of it.” Dunlop goes on to say that this type of undertaking made France the cultural center of Europe just as Italy was during the Renaissance. Dunlop begins with King Louis XIV.