| In the later centuries of the Middle Ages
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| | year or more. The sieging army would
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| siege engines were often employed to take
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| | station itself around the castle and not
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| down the walls of a medieval castle. But
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| | allow any form of commerce. Eventually
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| in the early centuries an attacking army
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| | the inhabitants would surrender due to
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| often did not have the skill, resources,
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| | imminent starvation.
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| or time to build and use siege engines so
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| | Biological warfare: Yep that's right. A
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| they employed other very ingenious
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| | sieging force could launch the remains of
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| methods including biological warfare.
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| | rotting corpses into the castle causing
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| A Medieval Castle is a fortress built out
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| | outbreaks of life-threatening illness.
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| of thousands of tons of stone and
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| | Simple Storm: The sieging force could
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| designed for maximum safety and security
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| | carry on an all out attack at various
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| yet they were still taken and often by
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| | points of the castle. This overwhelming
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| very devious means. Here were some of
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| | would hopefully break through in some
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| these simpler and less technological ways
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| | places causing a collapse in defenses.
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| that castles were sieged.
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| | Tunneling: The sieging army would
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| Deception: Spies were used to infiltrate
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| | actually dig tunnels under the castle.
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| the castle. They could, at night, open
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| | The hope was not so much for an entry
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| the castle gates or wreak havoc on the
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| | into the castle but for a way to collapse
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| interior defenses of the castle. The most
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| | the castle defenses. It was because of
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| famous case of this tactic is the Trojan
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| | this technique that many Medieval Castles
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| Horse.
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| | had moats around them. A moat would cause
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| Treachery: Someone trusted within the
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| | the collapse and filling with water of
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| power structure of the castle could give
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| | any attempted tunnels.
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| misleading information that would bring
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| | Because the walls and fortifications of
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| down the castle. He could for example
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| | medieval castles were so well built an
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| report that there were many more troops
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| | attacking army would often employ methods
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| sieging the castle than there actually
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| | that didn't directly attack them. Instead
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| were. This would induce the castle
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| | they found and used a host of other means
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| residents to either revolt or surrender
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| | to either attack the inhabitants or get
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| out of fear.
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| | them to surrender. It is partially due to
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| Starvation: This was a method used but it
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| | this process that many medieval castles
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| often meant many months, sometimes even a
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| | still stand to this day.
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