This documentary explores why Norman fortification techniques became so influential across the medieval world. From fast-built motte-and-bailey castles to enduring stone keeps, the Normans reshaped how power was controlled, displayed, and enforced. Through architecture, they turned land itself into an instrument of authority, influencing warfare, governance, and daily life for centuries.
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