A fourteenth century castle

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Towering high above the landscape, European castles still look commanding. Imagine how powerful a castle looked 600 years ago when it was brand new. A castle was built to impress. It was the home of a powerful warlord. From its safety he ruled the surrounding land. Castles building began in the 10th Century. The first castles that were built replaced wooden forts. Castles evolved and became stronger as methods of warfare changed. In the …

…the people to hold on to their feet so they would die quicker. The most severe means of punishment was drawing. This was done when a person committed treason. The penalty for treason was to be hung, drawn, and quartered. When the victim was half dead, the hang man took him down, and cut out his insides. The hang man then held up the person’s heart, and shouted "Behold the heart of a traitor."