Bollwerk Burg / Chateaux-forts
- Episode aired Mar 1, 2019
- 53m
Fortified castles were primarily intended to protect their occupants from attack. With their complex fortifications, they ensured an indispensable territorial network at a time far from bein... Read allFortified castles were primarily intended to protect their occupants from attack. With their complex fortifications, they ensured an indispensable territorial network at a time far from being pacified. How did their inhabitants organize to resist the sieges? This second part expl... Read allFortified castles were primarily intended to protect their occupants from attack. With their complex fortifications, they ensured an indispensable territorial network at a time far from being pacified. How did their inhabitants organize to resist the sieges? This second part explains how the medieval castle organized its defense, until the advent of the cannon and the... Read all