WARWICK CASTLE here i have the answers to my worksheet
The original Warwick Castle
was built in 1068 by William the Conqueror , who was the
first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
The river that is next to Warwick Castle is called Avon
river , also known as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare’s Avon . It ‘s
origin is in Northamptonshire and runs across the english Midlands.
The Warwick Trebuchet is the biggest catapult in all the
World. It is not so old, it was built just eight years ago in 2005 , and since
then it has been shot at least 6.500 times.
Fulke Greville was an english poet and playwright that was born in
Warwickshire (1554-1628). A curious thing about him is that he was planning to
go with Sir Frances Drake to his occidental expedition , but Queen Elizabeth
the first didnt let him finally go. His main work is Philip Sidney ‘s biography
( another english writer and militar ).
Oliver Cromwell was an english military and political
leader , later lord protector of the Commonwealth of Scotland and Ireland and ,
of course , of England. Cromwell married Elizabeth
Bourchier in 1620 . Elizabeth's father, Sir James Bourchier, was a London
leather merchant who owned extensive lands in Essex and had strong connections
with puritan gentry families there. The marriage brought Cromwell into contact
with Oliver St John and with leading members of the London merchant community,
and behind them the influence of the Earls of Warwick and Holland. Cromwell is one of the most
controversial figures in the British Isles considered as a military dictator by
Winston Churchill and his measures against Catholics in Scotland and Ireland
have been characterised as genocidal, but he is considered as a hero of liberty
for others.
In the ‘’fun’’ sheet the King in the photograph is Henry
The Eighth. This King was so famous because he separated the English Church
from the Roman Catholic Church creating the Anglican Church , because he wanted
to get what is called now divorced
, from his wife Catalina de Aragón.
Henry the Eighth had six wives in total, and only Jane
Seymour( the third wife) gave him a boy decendant (Prince Edward) , but he died
at the age of fifteen, the others gave him only daughters. His wives' pattern of pregnancies and his mental deterioration
have led some to suggest that the king may have McLeod syndrome ( a genetic
condition).
Warwick castle is one of the few places that nowadays
makes you feel like your are in the medieval England .Usually the stereotype
that you have ,when someone says ‘’medieval England’’ ,are big rock castles , armors
,swords ,axes ,bows ,archers ,horses ,catapults ,etc.
That is exactly what you can appreciate in Warwick Castle
, probably is the most big still existing exponent of that.
It was restaured a lot of times ,and I find that is really important ,because honestly , England
needs to take care of this beautiful nacional heritage.
