PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days agoKenilworth Castle through the yearsimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1imageKenilworth Castle through the yearsPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArt@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoKing looks out the window “I want that land, too. Build a wall around it!” “But, your Majesty, we’re still building the castle.” “This is more important!”
minus-squareStalinwolf@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days ago“Tis where I take my strolls!” Sire, there is no foliage there… “I am a troubled man.”
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoThat other wall + moat was put up for defensive purposes. And it worked, because in 1266 Henry III was unsuccessful in his siege of the castle, which lasted 6 months.
King looks out the window
“I want that land, too. Build a wall around it!”
“But, your Majesty, we’re still building the castle.”
“This is more important!”
“Tis where I take my strolls!”
Sire, there is no foliage there…
“I am a troubled man.”
That other wall + moat was put up for defensive purposes. And it worked, because in 1266 Henry III was unsuccessful in his siege of the castle, which lasted 6 months.