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Kent Anderson Member |
posted 11-30-99 08:13 AM
  
I am doing a project for English. Could you give me some information about castles from the Elizabethan period. Thank you. |
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Philip Davis unregistered |
posted 11-30-99 12:18 PM
If you use the standard definition of castles as being the private defensive structure of a Lord there are few Elizabethian castles. This because the state has much more control in England and individual lords did not need to protect themselves from other lords armies and were not allowed to have armies anyway. The fashion, therefore, was to build new houses with large windows, to show your wealth, or if you were a bit poorer you might alter your medieval castle and put large windows in it. The exception to this is rule is in the north of England and in Scotland where fairly large bands of cattle robbers still roamed the countryside. Moderately wealthy landowners continued to build large tower houses (Pele towers) and smaller farmers fortified their farms by building strong houses of two or three rooms called Bastles. New fortifications designed to stop armies were rarely built during the reign of Elizabeth. The major exception being the finishing of the fortifications around the boarder town of Berwick. A fine example of a major pele tower built during the period of Elizabeth would be Claypotts (Not strictly an Elizabethian castle since it is in Scotland where James VI was the monarchy at this time) see http://www.castles.org/Chatelaine/CLAYPOTT.HTM ------------------
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wurdsmiff unregistered |
posted 11-30-99 02:35 PM
Or not (strictly) at all, since she was not Queen here and Scotland has never had an Elizabeth 1st! Further data on Claypotts at www.scotland2000.com/weeguides/castles/39.htm ------------------ 'Give me the groves that lofty brave, The storms, by Castle Gordon'. Visit my web-site at www.castlesontheweb.com/members/wurdsmiff/castles.htm [This message has been edited by wurdsmiff (edited 11-30-99).] |
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