How Medieval Castles Were Built - Meet The Castle Builders: Masters & Masons

Castles are world heritage citadels. How were machines and men organized to create such stone masterpieces all over Europe? They are drawn by the incredible scale of the construction, as well as a sense of a lost world of heroism and chivalry. Castles, however, are more than just magnificent memorials to a bygone era. They hold the key to understanding a critical period in our civilization's development.

In this video, we'll look at how some of Europe's great castles were built, as well as how the ideas and techniques behind their construction changed and evolved over a few centuries.

We'll meet the Castle Builders: the laborers and masons who did the grunt work; the design geniuses who imagined them; the structural engineers who made them a reality; and the kings and barons who commissioned and lived in them.

We'll travel from Richard the Lionheart's incredible Chateau Gaillard in Normandy to Caerphilly's layered defenses - the first castle in Britain built to be defended by walls within walls - and around Edward I's massive 'ring of iron' that gripped North Wales.

Large-scale dramatic reconstructions and cutting-edge computer graphics will provide an exciting sense of how all of these medieval megastructures were designed and built.
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Timestamps 📽
5:46 - The European Castle
6:07 - The Earliest Castles Were Built from Earth and Timber
6:40 - Timber Castles
7:37 - Montgomery Castle
10:08 - Rochester Castle in Kent
12:16 - Rochester Castle
13:01 - The Great Tower of Dover Castle
13:27 - The King’s Chamber
13:43- The King’s Hall
14:24 - The Key to England
15:35 - Chateau Gaia
25:03 - The First Castle in Britain
26:12 - Master Mason
26:39 - The Freemasons
31:11 - Ring of Iron
32:19 - James of Saint George
41:05 - Kaiden
44:42 - The 1969 Investiture of Prince Charles

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