Kenilworth Essay Plans Flashcards
(6 cards)
- Explain the reasons why people first created your site where it is situated today. Use physical features of the site as well as your knowledge to support your answer - 1st paragraph
created here because Henry I wanted to control the power of Rodger Earl of Warwick
Evidence -
KH felt RE of W had too much power/was becoming a potential - Kenilworth was built 5 miles North of Warwick
KH gave permission, revenue and substantial part of Warwick’s land to Geoffrey de Clinton
Geoffrey de Clinton constructed the original stone keep - the string course line remains on the site today, so we can appreciate the scale at 2 floors
- Explain the reasons why people first created your site where it is situated today. Use physical features of the site as well as your knowledge to support your answer - 2nd paragraph
there are natural military defences in the situation of castle
Evidence:
two brooks (Finham and Inchford)
- West and South
- difficult to cross with heavy chainmail
marshy land means it’s difficult for attackers to move weaponry such as trebuchets, battering rams, siege towers
a low natural knoll - West of Kenilworth (on the site today) which gives height advantage, makes it difficult for enemy to scale, looks intimidating
- Explain the reasons why people first created your site where it is situated today. Use physical features of the site as well as your knowledge to support your answer - 3rd paragraph
surrounded by construction materials which could be used for construction
200m quarry South - red sandstone was used to construct
easier to build quickly and effectively as it was close
in 1124, Kenilworth was surrounded by a forest - scale + smaller now, but can still see evidence of a forest - timber can be used for weapons, fires, construction
- Explain the reasons why people first created your site where it is situated today. Use physical features of the site as well as your knowledge to support your answer - 4th paragraph
to consolidate Norman power and control following the death of King William
Marc Morris - ‘castles are first and foremost, military instillations’
horse garrison - inner court
keep - last line of defence, tax, worship, accommodation - be seen in charge, ruling, control law, justice
this is military - elements of intimidation, the local population
East Wall = Norman arrow slits are visible on the site today
walls are 4.3m - withstand attack
- Explain why the physical features of your site have changed over time. Use physical features of the site as well as your own knowledge to support your answer. 1st paragraph
overtime, impressive military features of the castle increased to protect King John against
Evidence:
the keep (N) had another floor added (can be seen by the string course line) as well as fishtail arrow loops and a fighting platform - feared rebellion from barons
castle was made concentric (extra line of defence)
Lunn’s tower added (NE) - we can still see remains of fireplace arrow loops (S)
- Explain why the physical features of your site have changed over time. Use physical features of the site as well as your own knowledge to support your answer. 2nd paragraph
when JofG made Kenilworth palatial
great hall - we can still appreciate scale, 3 fireplaces evident today
kitchens - 19x7.5 metres - 2x size of average aristocratic kitchens, so able to host large banquets
strong tower - 2nd floor has lodgings, so possible to host - a surviving room can be see on the site today
