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A Peripatetic Kingship: A Look at King John of England’s Castle Movements in 1215

Jan E. Landwehr, February 22 2024

Historians agree that King John of England was the most peripatetic of all English monarchs. When traveling with his army, King John’s baggage train of wagons and horse-drawn carts stretched over 2 miles in length, moving at an average pace of 20 miles a day. Distances traveled not only depended upon the state of the roads and weather but the...

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The Magna Carta ‘Rebel’ Barons of 1215 and Their Castles

Jan E. Landwehr, December 30 2023

In the early 13th century, England was a realm embroiled in complex political dynamics, marked by a feudal system where power was concentrated in the hands of the monarchy and nobility. King John, son of the legendary King Henry II, ascended to the throne in 1199, inheriting a kingdom fraught with

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Planning a Castle Visit in the Future? Here’s a Brief History of Their Evolution

Lianna Tedesco, August 19 2021

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Changing Conceptions of English Castles

Lise Hall, August 2 2018

Source: HistoryNet.com Link: https://www.historynet.com/changing-conceptions-english-castles/?f Back to Castle History