Bb5a31f81ClaimKing Richard the Lionheart died while besieging a castle in the Limousin region of FranceAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHistorian Dan Jones served as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a trustee of Historic Royal PalacesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimKing Edward I of England built Caernarfon Castle in North Wales during the late 13th centuryAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimBy the early 15th century, cannon artillery routinely breached traditional European stone castle walls within weeksAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn A Fortified History of the World, Dan Jones examines over 3,000 years of fortification historyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimKing John lost control of Château Gaillard and the Duchy of Normandy to King Philip Augustus of France during a series of surrendersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJapanese unifier Oda Nobunaga constructed Azuchi Castle during the 16th centuryAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimKing Richard the Lionheart constructed Château Gaillard on the River Seine in Normandy between 1196 and 1198AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSixteenth-century Jesuit missionaries sent written accounts back to Europe detailing the architecture and luxury of Oda Nobunaga's Azuchi CastleAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimGreat walls, including the Great Wall of China, the Wall of Gorgan in Iran, and Hadrian's Wall in England, functioned as efforts to fortify entire realmsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMilitary fortifications transitioned underground from above-ground stone castles to artillery fortresses, World War I trenches, Maginot Line concrete bunkers, and Cold War nuclear bunkersAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMaster James of St. George was the master castle architect employed by King Edward I to design stone fortresses in North WalesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimGunpowder artillery was deployed on European battlefields starting in the mid-14th centuryAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimQueen Eleanor of Castile gave birth to her daughter Elizabeth at Rhuddlan Castle during Edward I's Welsh campaignAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHimeji Castle in Japan is historically designated as the White Heron Castle or White Egret CastleAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimKing John succeeded King Richard the Lionheart as King of England following Richard's deathAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimHorace Walpole constructed Strawberry Hill House as a Gothic-style residence on the River Thames in the 18th centuryAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA 2025 YouGov survey found that medieval castles held a 77 percent public approval ratingAgreeDisagree