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Re: Insights from a trip to France...
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:51:48 GMT
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David, it's great when you can see them first hand, I live in Australia....we
have about oh 200 yrs of European history, so you can imagine what it's like
for me....But with the internet and books, one can learn alot....plus it helps
that I've traced my family tree back to 1066 with William the Conqueror...plus
our clan..the Jardines (my mums name) have a castle in Scotland....well whats
left of it...
To answer your question on shapes, generally, the roman decendants built round
castles.....the normans built square castles.....and most of the castles
around now....have had renovations upon renovations and additions done to
them...so the original shapes have changed somewhat....have a read of this...
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
it's real interesting.....
Also another great idea is to rent out some Disney movies.... Pocahontas II -
Beauty and the Beast - The Little Mermaid - etc....theres some great
simplified pics of buildings and way of life back then....!!!
Kev.... : )
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| Ok, I just got back from France, where (of course) I saw a few actual historic castles. I have to say I've never really seen them before, since I've only ever really been in North America, where we lack the abundance of Mideaval architecture that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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