The Castle: A History

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A vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination.   John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, through the voices of those who witnessed it. Drawing on chronicles, poems, letters, and novels, including the work of figures like Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P. G. Wodehouse, Goodall explores the importance of the castle in our culture and society.   From the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, Goodall reveals that the castle has always been put to different uses, and to this day continues to serve as a source of inspiration. Cover About the book Title page Copyright page Contents GLOSSARY INTRODUCTION THEMES A NOTE ON THE TEXTS THE WORD ‘CASTLE’ 655 BAMBURGH Anglo-Saxon Fortifications 1066 PEVENSEY AND HASTINGS The Norman Landing 1066 HASTINGS CASTLE A Campaign Castle 1068 YORK, WARWICK AND NOTTINGHAM CASTLES The Subjugation of England 1081 TOWER OF LONDON Building in Stone 1086 RICHMOND CASTLE Interpreting Domesday 1095 BAMBURGH AND TYNEMOUTH Early Baronial Castles 1137 – 53 HEREFORD CASTLE Castle Building in the Anarchy 1139 ROGER OF SALISBURY Castle-Building by Royal Favour 1141 CASTLE HEDINGHAM, ESSEX The Mark of an Earl 1144 – 9 DURHAM CASTLE A Castle Described c. 1150 THE PRINCIPLES OF CASTLE DESIGN A Sermon 1158 CARDIFF CASTLE Injustice and Hostage-Taking 1174 BROUGH AND ALNWICK CASTLES Capturing a King 1181 DOVER CASTLE A Pilgrimage Route 1190 YORK CASTLE The Massacre of the Jews 1204 DUBLIN CASTLE Mandates for a New Castle and a Royal Hall 1215 THE FALL OF ROCHESTER CASTLE The Fat of Forty Pigs 1241 TOWER OF LONDON Fighting Royal Tyranny 1265 DOVER CASTLE The Barons’ War 1277 CASTLE BUILDING Pressing Labour for the King 1288 MONTGOMERY CASTLE Trying on a New Cloak 1290 WINCHESTER CASTLE The Great Hall and King Arthur’s Round Table 1296 BEAUMARIS CASTLE A Progress Report c. 1300 SEAL OF ROCHESTER The Image of the Castle 1300 CAERLAVEROCK CASTLE Edward I’s Subjection of Scotland 1303 CONWY CASTLE A Miracle in a Moat c. 1320 THE CASTLE OF LOVE Court Entertainment 1323 TOWER OF LONDON St Peter in Chains 1330 NOTTINGHAM CASTLE A Palace Coup 1342 BERKELEY CASTLE The Noble Life 1344 WINDSOR CASTLE Arthur’s Round Table and the Order of the Garter 1348 STAFFORD CASTLE A Castle-Building Contract AFTER 1360 A PAPER CASTLE Sir Gawain Seeks Hospitality 1375 BISHOP WYVILLE Symbols of Lordship 1381 TOWER OF LONDON Kissing a Queen and Beheading an Archbishop 1386 SANDWICH The Capture of a Timber Castle 1399 FLINT CASTLE The Capture of Richard II 1401 CONWY CASTLE Recapturing a Royal Castle 1403 ALNWICK AND WARKWORTH CASTLES The Pretence of Loyalty 1414 KENILWORTH CASTLE A Retreat from Formality 1439 TATTERSHALL CASTLE Building in Brick c. 1450 RICHMOND CASTLE Castleguard 1462 ALNWICK, BAMBURGH AND DUNSTANBURGH CASTLES A Northern Campaign 1474 A LICENCE TO CRENELLATE AND IMPARK William, Lord Hastings 1485 WARWICK CASTLE Castles, Lineage and History 1494 DURHAM CASTLE A Prince Bishop’s Palace 1506 CAREW CASTLE Garter Day with St David and St George 1520 DOVER CASTLE A Diplomatic Encounter 1521 THORNBURY CASTLE A Ducal Seat 1522 and 1536 FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD CASTLE Murder and Poison 1539 DEAL CASTLE Resisting Invasion 1540 BELVOIR CASTLE A Castle Restored 1545 WRESSLE CASTLE A Study in Paradise 1553 FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE Securing the Succession 1554 COOLING CASTLE The Spanish Marriage 1559 TOWER OF LONDON The Knights of the Bath 1562 PONTEFRACT CASTLE Royal Heritage 1575 KENILWORTH CASTLE A Royal Visit 1588 THE HOUSE OF WOLLATON A Biblical Device 1598 TOWER OF LONDON A Foreign Tourist 1618 BERKELE Y CASTLE A Tale of a Toad 1622 NAWORTH CASTLE Cannibalising a Castle 1634 LUDLOW CASTLE An Exhortation to Virtue 1635 WINCHESTER CASTLE The Ceremony of the Court of Eyre 1645 SCARBOROUGH CASTLE The Fall of the Keep 1648 – 9 KENILWORTH CASTLE Vanishing Monuments 1649 SKIPTON, APPLEBY, BROUGH AND BROUGHAM CASTLES A Patrimony Restored 1665 ROCHESTER CASTLE Exploring a Ruin 1667 CAPHEATON Replacing Castles 1670 WINDSOR CASTLE Armour as Architecture 1678 DOUBTING CASTLE The Capture and Escape of Christian and Hopeful 1683 WINDSOR CASTLE A Baroque Stronghold and Palace 1697 WARWICK CASTLE All Mere Fiction 1715 BLENHEIM CASTLE A Grateful Nation’s Gift 1726 NEWARK CASTLE The Jaws of Time 1730 STAINBOROUGH AND WENTWORTH CASTLES The Monument to Ancestry 1745 CARLISLE CASTLE A Jacobite Defence 1764 THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO The Gothic Novel 1770 ALNWICK CASTLE A Royal Entertainment 1777 PEVENSEY, HASTINGS AND BODIAM CASTLES A Sussex Tour 1782 DINEFWR CASTLE The Castle as a Picture 1790s LUDLOW, ARUNDEL, HEDINGHAM AND SUDELEY CASTLES The Monograph 1801 BELVOIR CASTLE Romanticising History 1806 LOWTHER CASTLE Industrial Wealth 1809 HAWARDEN CASTLE The Character of a Castle 1819 CONISBROUGH CASTLE Walter Scott’s Castles 1819 GWRYCH CASTLE A Nationalist Castle 1824 WINDSOR CASTLE Imperial Splendour 1831 CROTCHET CASTLE The Pursuit of Gentility 1839 EGLINTON CASTLE Chivalry Revived 1841 MODERN CASTLES An Offence to True Principles 1844 PECKFORTON CASTLE Back to the Future 1854 CHIRK CASTLE A Housekeeper’s Tour 1857 SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT ART Restoration and Preservation 1874 CARDIFF AND COCH CASTLES Medievalism and Scholarship 1899 KENILWORTH CASTLE Mass Tourism 1911 TATTERSHALL CASTLE Saving Britain’s Heritage 1921 FARLEIGH HUNGERFORD State Restoration 1923 BLANDINGS CASTLE The Castle as Idyll 1925 ST DONAT’S CASTLE Purchasing History 1930 CASTLE DROGO, DEVON A New Ancestral Seat 1940 WORLD WAR II An Explosive Miscalculation 1949 GODSEND AND COURANTSDAIR CASTLES Decay, Neglect and Obscurity 1969 CAERNARFON CASTLE The Investiture of the Prince of Wales 1997 WINDSOR CASTLE The Rebuilding of St George’s Hall 1997 HOGWARTS CASTLE The Modern Gothic Castle 2009 DOVER CASTLE Recreating the Past 2012 LANCASTER CASTLE An Empty Prison EPILOGUE THE DISNEY CASTLE . . . AND THE FUTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATION CREDITS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX Untitled