Title

Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010)

Caption

Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of a French siege tower and earth works. Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, Dover Castle was a vital strategic and communication lynch-pin in the empire of the Angevin kings of England. in 1216, The castle successfully resisted a major siege directed personally by Prince Louis of France during his near-successful invasion of England. He had some success breaching the walls, but was unable ultimately to take the castle.

Date

1990

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_231

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 15,7in x 12,3in / 4718 x 3703 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings Louis le Lion Louis VIII of France England people male man men walls arts country French France art guy smoke strategy British weapon weapons English castle color colour attacking fighting medieval fortification military war location century drawing Dover Kent dover castle Britain soldiers soldier invasion concept 21st century hardship warfare reconstruction battlefield weaponry mediaeval Middle Ages siege Thirteenth Century 13th century historic English Heritage 2000s earthwork siege tower TGN King of England King of France castle walls King Henry II Henry II FitzEmpress Henry II Curtmantle Louis VIII the Lion of France Capet Peter Dunn Dunn Peter Dunn P King Louis VIII Louis VIII Louis the Lion King Louis VIII King Henry II