From Stronghold to Showpiece: What Warwick Castle Tells Us About English Power

This episode follows Warwick Castle from the first wooden fort built by William’s Norman levies in 1068 to its current role as a popular heritage attraction. We trace how its military, political and domestic functions changed over centuries—first as a royal stronghold, later a prison for Henry IV, then an aristocratic home for Sir Fulke Greville—and what that tells us about English power, social hierarchy, and the construction of national identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices