Timeline for How does a castle have sufficient anti-air defenses while still looking like a castle?
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| Jun 5, 2021 at 0:10 | answer | added | user86078 | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 3, 2021 at 19:44 | answer | added | random internet person | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 7, 2018 at 2:46 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Feb 4, 2018 at 9:43 | comment | added | errantlinguist | @WrongOnTheInternet fair enough; I'm not an expert on the medieval period, am mainly going on the impressions of the (European) castles I've visited myself and what you're told about them. Still, it's apparent that appearances were secondary to function, except for nonmilitary palace types. Unless OP just wants a crazy lord who refuses to have changes to how his castle looks just because he's crazy. | |
| Feb 4, 2018 at 9:33 | comment | added | user63 | @errantlinguist This isn't strictly true. Castles were generally better to live in than many other places, and this includes castles built for defense and during wartime. Many of these castles were permanent (or semi-permanent) homes for the nobles. You may be thinking of Early Medieval keeps, which fit the cold/dark pattern, with their primary purpose being to protect supplies. | |
| Feb 4, 2018 at 9:12 | comment | added | errantlinguist | "The lord does not wish their castle's look ruined" > real "castles" which actually served military purposes were cold, dark and wet places and only looked the way they did because it repelled attackers well; Beautiful, luxurious, fairytale castles only existed for rich people to live in... and even they are often cold and damp, TBH. | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 20:42 | comment | added | Hot Licks | The castellated turret is really a giant Gatling gun. | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 20:37 | answer | added | James Hollis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 14:31 | answer | added | tj1000 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 9:36 | answer | added | sdfgeoff | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 6:46 | answer | added | o.m. | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 5:33 | answer | added | user47242 | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 4:21 | answer | added | IEW | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 3:51 | comment | added | user535733 | After the lord gets plucked from the battlements by a dragon and eaten, the next lord might have a more flexible view on the castle's appearance. Some reforms must simply wait until after the old guard has waned. | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 3:11 | history | edited | user63 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2018 at 3:03 | answer | added | Johnny | timeline score: 12 | |
| Feb 3, 2018 at 2:48 | history | edited | user63 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2018 at 2:21 | history | asked | user63 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |