posted 03-05-2006 05:38 AM
In short.the answers are as follows.
1. short of nuclear war and a return to the old ways as highlighted by such epic films as postman, Mad max, Water world any of thos post modern epics set in a world where the controoling bodies have destroyed each other and the surviors dont have access to a huge arsnel then yes castle could once again become strategically imporant but I seriously doubt that.As all of these are fictitous events and it is not likely to ever happen.
2. Castles may well be built or rebuilt in the future. Theyw ill be built as sites of heritage though, places where a site can market them as a heritage expiernce. It is also possible that people will build mock castles as dwellings ( houses), but both of these are not real castles in the strictest sense. Castles may well become restored but this is unlikely in the foreseeable future.
3. If gunpowder was not invented would castles still bein use.
There is no posible way of arging that point one way or the other. Bt I see where you are going with it.
But in all probabilty something else would have come along if it wasnt gunpowder it would have been the next explosive thing.