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Podcast: New Books in Medieval History
Episode: John Goodall, "The Castle: A History" (Yale UP, 2022)
Description: In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day.The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination.Dr. John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first cent...