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Summary:Presenter Marc Morris enters into the Middle Ages, where castles were no longer just mighty strongholds but had also become fortified homes. No castle reveals the change more completely than the moated Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, which was built by Sir Edward Dallingridge. A veteran of the Hundred YEars' War with France, Dallingridge built his dream home on the back of a fortune accrued through ransoms, plunder and extrotion while serving on the other side of the channel.
Description:Britain's medieval history explored through the stories of 6 castles,each with a distinctive social,military or cultural story to tell.