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Castles: Britain's Fortified History

Episode 1: Instruments of Invasion

Duration: 58 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 19 days

Sam Willis shows how the castle arrived as an instrument of invasion with the Normans but became a weapon with which unruly barons challenged the Crown. Show more

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