Castles

Henry VIII. Portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540. The painting has the inscription 'Anno Aetatis suae XLIX' (His year of age, 49)’. Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry VIII: 5 places you (probably) didn’t know shaped his life

The distinctive polygon towers of Caernarfon Castle. (Photo by Gail Johnson/Getty Images)

History explorer The conquest of Wales

An aerial image of Maiden Castle, site of Britain's largest hillfort. (Photo by Robert Harding/Getty Images)

What was life like in the Iron Age? Plus 6 places in Britain to explore

The siege of Orleans

Q&A Did castle defenders really pour boiling oil down on attackers?

Pevensey Castle, England. First fortified by the Romans, William the Conqueror famously landed his army there in 1066 and a Norman castle was developed during the century after the Norman Conquest. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The Library Q&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

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The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

View of the Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House, London. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Library History explorer: the Napoleonic Wars

Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorer The Second Barons’ War

The Grand Bridge at Blenheim. (Getty Images)

History explorer Blenheim Palace and Capability Brown

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings

Ruthven Barracks

The Library History Explorer: The Jacobite uprisings

Norwich castle

History explorer: The Norman conquest

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Looking inside the medieval Holt Castle

Dover Castle, Kent. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

England’s 8 most amazing castles

Royal Collection Trust. (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013)

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle