posted 02-10-2000 04:06 PM           

However castles were also the homes of lords, who often wanted to show their wealth and power by being upto date with the best fashion. So many features of castles reflect the various architectral styles of the period when the castle was built. The styles basically fall into two groups; the romanesque (called norman in England) and the gothic. The sort of features that were decorated would be windows and doors.

So you can have a norman keep castle like Castle Rising (see http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mwcook/castle%20rising.html ) or a late gothic enclosure castle like Bodium (see http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mwcook/bodiam.html or various other mixes.

For infomation on architectral styles see;
http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/1/0,5716,38241+1,00.html

A good glossery of terms can be found at http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuglossary/INDEX.HTM

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