Bodiam Castle is a moated medieval castle in East Sussex, England, built by Sir Edward Dallingridge, a knight who had fought in the Hundred Years' War, with a royal license from King Richard II. The license mentioned the need to defend the area against French raids, which were then a real threat on the south coast. The castle has a square plan with round towers at the corners, a gatehouse, and a wide moat, and it is impressively symmetrical. Historians debate whether it was built mainly for defense or as a showy residence suited to the owner's status. It was dismantled in part in the seventeenth century, and the ruins were bought and restored by Lord Curzon, who left it to the National Trust.
Before and after
- 1377Construction of Ulm Minster
- from 1378 to 1508Aq Qoyunlu
- 8 January 1379Birth of Callixtus III
- from 30 May 1381 to 1 November 1381Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- 1385Construction of Bodiam Castle
- 1386Construction of Heidelberg University
- 1386Construction of Milan Cathedral
- 1386Birth of Donatello
- from 1386 to 1395Tokhtamysh–Timur War
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