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New Medieval Books: Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland - Medievalists.net

Northumberland contains more castles, towers, peles, bastles and barmkins than any other British county, serving as private residences and fortifications for nobility and landowners.
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How a Medieval Sect Built a Mountain Stronghold in Syria - Medievalists.net

What they built there-through cunning, negotiation, and fortification-became one of the most remarkable mountain strongholds of the medieval world. In the first two decades of the twelfth century, the Assassins had faced appalling disasters. They had tried to take over some of the most desirable real estate in Syria, and had been killed for their ambition. In Aleppo and Damascus they had been subjected to ruthless massacres that had destroyed their urban bases and devastated their nearby rural communities.
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