Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces
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Dynasty and Its Importance
Even into the early twentieth century, there is this belief that if you're descended from powerful people, that gives you social authority to be in charge of things. So having a family tree is actually really, really, really important. I mean, it doesn't resonate with us at all, i think, any more. But dynasty is different from descent. Dynasty is the idea that each that you sort of draw strength from the depth of your ancestry. In what you are he living figure who is at the front of all these powerful and prominent figures before you, who are your forefathers. You know, when castles come into being in the eleventh century, they are frightening thingsimmediate
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