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S01E03 - "Defence of the Realm"
Aired on Dec 18, 2014, 9:00 PM
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Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Instruments of Invasion
Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown.
Dec 4, 2014
60 min
E2
Kingdom of Conquest
Sam Willis tells the story of the English ruler who left the most indelible mark on the castle - the great Plantagenet king Edward I who turned it into an instrument of colonization.
Dec 11, 2014
60 min
E3
Defence of the Realm
Sam Willis explores how, by the Wars of the Roses, castles were under attack from a new threat - the cannon, but survived into the Tudor era only to find their whole purpose challenged.
Dec 18, 2014
60 min
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