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How much evidence do you have that "storming the castles" was how sieges ended at all? Errol Flynn movies are not reality. To quote James Wright, who is an ar
by JdeBP 3y ago
How much evidence do you have that "storming the castles" was how sieges ended at all? Errol Flynn movies are not reality.
To quote James Wright, who is an archaeologist:
> we know a fair bit about how sieges were ended, and it was never the desperate violent rout on the staircases that is so beloved of Hollywood films.
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