ZED - Besieged Fortresses Series 1 (2020) Part 3 The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart

Besieged Fortresses Series 1

Built at strategic points, and fitted with impressive fortifications, fortresses are thought to be impenetrable.

Part 3 The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart

To protect his rich and strategic lands in France, the English king, Richard the Lionheart, decided to build an impregnable castle to bar the route along the Seine, thus asserting his supremacy in Normandy. Four years later, France’s King Philip besieged the site at the head of an army of 6,000 men.

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