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Beginning with their intro in the 11th century, and ending with the common abandonment in the 17th, Marc Morris explores lots of the country's most well-known castles, as well as some breathtaking lesser-known examples. At times this is an epic tale, driven by people like William the Conqueror, Ruler John, and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awesome scale. Nonetheless it is also by converts an intimate account of less eminent individuals, whose activities, battles, and ambitions were shown in the fortified residences they built. Be it extremely grand or extremely humble, a castle was first and foremost a home. To understand castles - who built them, who resided in them, and just why - is to understand the pushes that shaped middle ages Britain.
