From fortresses to ornate palaces, these structures are worth traveling for. This gorgeous medieval castle endured wars with little damage—in fact, it's looked pretty much the same since the ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...

Sheffield, England, in the mid-1600s was in the middle of a civil war. Part of the British Isles supported Charles I for the monarchy, while the rest of the kingdom was divided on who should lead ...

There are more than 30 Castles in Yorkshire, many of which, sadly are little more than mounds or ruins of stones. There are, ...

Wherever you are in England, you’re never far away from one of English Heritage’s castles. The mighty walls of these fortresses have stood proud for many centuries, from Norman earthworks to ...

While castles remain the dominant focus of medieval studies ... This project aims to map and analyze aristocratic sites across England between 800 and 1200 AD. By studying these locations, historians ...