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British castles: everything you wanted to know

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The History of Castles in England

There aren't that many sieges in England in the later middle ages. The state is just too powerful to resist a king like Edward I, says Simon Tisdall. But when royalists fall out with parliamentarians castles are pushed back into service.

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