We’re pleased to recommend this series, originally broadcast on the BBC, Secrets of the Castle. Join the series’ hosts, Peter Ginn, Tom Pinfold, and Ruth Goodman, for a look inside an ongoing decades long project to build a castle in modern times. Learn about every day life in the middle ages, castle building techniques, and the methods of medieval warfare.
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