Title

Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010)

Caption

Dover Castle siege, 1216, (c1990-2010). Reconstruction drawing of the French attacking the collapsed East Tower & North gate. 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_232

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 15,2in x 12,8in / 4564 x 3828 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings King Louis VIII Louis VIII Louis the Lion Louis le Lion Louis VIII of France England people male man men arts country French France tower art guy strategy view British weapon weapons English castle color colour attacking fighting medieval fortification military war location century drawing Dover Kent dover castle vista Britain soldiers soldier concept troops 21st century collapse collapsed Army warfare reconstruction battlefield Elevated View weaponry mediaeval Middle Ages siege Thirteenth Century 13th century historic English Heritage 2000s TGN King of England King of France landscape arial view 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 King Henry II landscape