{"id":17523,"date":"2022-08-26T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=214329"},"modified":"2022-08-26T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:49:07","slug":"castles-from-mighty-fortresses-to-fantastical-palaces","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/castles-from-mighty-fortresses-to-fantastical-palaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Emily Briffett\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">John Goodall examines how the castle\u2019s role has evolved through time \u2013 from medieval fortresses and prisons to regal residences and tourist hotspots. Speaking with Emily Briffett, he explains how these iconic landmarks have reflected society throughout their long history and shaped the way we think about the past.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-214329-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/CastleJohngoodall-e63d032.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/CastleJohngoodall-e63d032.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/CastleJohngoodall-e63d032.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p style=\"&quot;font-weight:\"><strong>John Goodall is the author of <em>The Castle: A History<\/em> (Yale University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-castle-a-history\/9780300251906&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Castle-History-John-Goodall\/dp\/0300251904\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-castle\/john-goodall\/9780300251906&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Briffett Published: Friday, 26 August 2022 at 12:00 am John Goodall examines how the castle\u2019s role has evolved through time \u2013 from medieval fortresses and prisons to regal residences and tourist hotspots. 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