Middle Ages Castles

Castles of the Middle Ages
Castles that were built in the middle ages are not only beautiful and detailed but also took a lot of work before all the tools and machines we use for buildings were created. The European nobility mostly made them and of course the royals would live in such an amazingly structured and fortified building of the middle ages. Some cities used walls to keep their enemies away, but the most powerful and efficient ones used beautifully designed castles. They evolved over the years in many ways to make them more powerful, secure, and appealing to the eye. Most of these castles were built up on hills or behind rivers so that they could be even more safe than they already were.

Castles were very important to the history
The Normans Romanesque castles were at first made up on a large hill with a motte around it so that it was more difficult for enemy armies to reach it. The only problem with these castles however were that they were made out of wood, and soon enemies noticed that they just had to set the castles on fire. As a solution the Normans made stone castles their new technique, but because the stone was so heavy it was often hard to work with so they made relatively smaller castles then they originally did with the wood. In the end, the Normans ended up making one of the most popular castles in history known as the White Tower. Edward the I however had a different take on techniques of building castles. His style was often described as having a castle inside a castle. He took the basic design of the Norman castles and enhanced it, made it bigger, stronger, and even more prepared for warfare. He used pillars and solid walls so that the castle would stand more firm with the heavy stone material used to create it. His Gothic approach helped save many more lives and protect his city from many more
In one perspective of course they are very beautiful and detailed. It took so much work for these people to make such huge towers to protect their city and they also tried to make them physically appealing as well as strong and powerful to keep out their enemies. Most girls at a young age believe castles are for princess and they just live there and have fun and nothing goes wrong, but in reality the castles were used to protect those inside from killers and enemies. I think it’s important to learn about this because anyone can see how important it was at the time for people to stay safe and protect themselves through hard times like sometimes our world needs to do