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Castles

The Castle become Established in England

Hundreds of castles of this style were built across England, in fact virtually everywhere where a town or village existed. They were most likely to be built in areas where the King knew that there was expected to be rebellions and so there was a particular concentration of castles along the boarder with Wales and in the North of England.

At first castles were built under the direct control and instruction of William the Conqueror with the direct purpose of controlling possible English rebellions. However as time went by William began to give permission to build castles to those who he felt were loyal to him and trustworthy with the result that many more were built. In fact during the approximately twenty years that William occupied England more than five hundred castles were built.

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Castles were a principal feature of medieval warfare and society, as well as featuring in many historical legends and myths which emanated from England and Europe generally. Take a look at this section to learn the outline of how and why the idea of the castle originated and evolved.