What a castle siege is How people prepared for a siege Different types of siege weapons What the Scottish Wars of Independence were This resource is suitable for Castles topics for P2, P3 ...

is one of a class of weapons used in offensive siege warfare. It is the simplest, and probably the oldest, of the offensive siege craft. The siege ladder allows attacking soldiers to cross moats or ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...

So getting caught in the castle during the siege was no joke if you were a lady ... They carried out their weapons and they were treated honorably. NOVA: So that's the least bloody of all the ...

It's got swords, shields, bows and arrows, siege weapons, and a few mild anachronisms ... and other medieval-style machines perfect for storming the castle in a world where helicopters and C4 ...