Early Style Castle Development
The early style castle developed into that, that stood in 1480 because
of multiple reasons but the main reason is that the castle needed to
become stronger, if it was ever to be needed in a battle or war.
[IMAGE]Middleham started off as a motte and baily (to the left),
basically meaning mound and middle. The motte was usually an
artificial hill with the keep placed on top of it. The baily was a
smaller hill with everyday buildings on it, mainly though residential
buildings. After the Norman Conquest in 1066 a string of Motte and
bailys were constructed to keep a eye on certain areas so rebellions
against William duke of Normandy were known before they struck, also
the castles were quick and cheap to build and since there was more
Normans then Britons, this was a good think, Middleham was one of
these and this was its first purpose. Alan the red was in charge of
Middleham as he was rewarded it after the battle of Hastings in 1066.
The castle was then passed down through Alan's family.
[IMAGE]In 1170 Middleham passed to Robert Fits Randelf, who in 1170
converted Middleham into a square keep (to the left), which is a large
stone thick keep more impregnable then a motte and baily. In the dark
(500 A.D to 1000A.D) and middle (500 A.D to 1400 A.D) ages infinite
war was taking place and getting worse so stronger bigger castles were
needed to stand up to new siege weaponry. The first castle was built
to the west of the square keep on a hill. This castle would of being
better defensively if it was on the hill, put still no historians know
why the castle was moved.
[IMAGE]The Nevill family were the next to inherit Middleham in 1270,
through marriages Ralf Nevill was the next to add to Middleham in
1355. He added the curtain wall (to the left) which is a stone wall
which surrounded the castle. This was added to also increase defence.
Ralf 4th Nevill lord added the most to Middleham in the fifteenth
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Taking The Castle of Otranto as your example, outline the main conventions of the Gothic novel, and show how your knowledge of Taking The Castle of Otranto as your example, outline the main conventions of the Gothic novel, and show how your knowledge of these conventions affects your reading of Northanger Abbey. Is Northanger Abbey most accurately described as parody of the Gothic genre, or is there a more complicated relationship going on? Gothic novels purport to revive old stories and beliefs, exploring personal, psychical encounters with the taboo (Williams, 2000). The genre, as typified by The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, involves a beautiful innocent young woman who is held captive by an older, powerful, evil man in his large, ancient and gloomy residence for his own lustful purposes and who escapes, with the aid of supernatural manifestations, errors caused by “false surmises and conjectures based on partial narratives” (Hoeveler, 1995, p127) and a handsome young hero.
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