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Castle Builders

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  • 2015-2015
  • 1 Season
  • MagellanTV
  • Documentary
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In Mideval Europe castles were the ultimate symbol of dominance. But they also had to serve several different functions; power projection, defense of the realm, and not in the least, a glorious home for the castle's master. These three functions are examined in turn as the history unfolds of how castles evolved over the centuries to a adapt to changing demands.

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Robert Glenister
Self - Narrator
Coralie Menanteau
Self - Cultural Interpreter
Selwyn Jones
Self - Architect

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Episode 1

Masters and Masons

Tue, Apr 14, 201548 mins

Meet the Castle Builders - the masons and laborers who did the hard work; the geniuses of design and structural engineering who imagined these medieval mega-structures; and the kings and barons who commissioned them.

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