What Defending a Medieval Castle Was Actually Like (Not Like The Movies)

What Defending a Medieval Castle Was Actually Like (Not Like the Movies)
Movies make castle defense look heroic; flaming arrows, noble speeches, defenders holding the walls in glorious last stands. But the truth was slower, dirtier, and far more terrifying. Defending a medieval castle meant exhaustion, disease, and waiting for death that could come from above, below, or within your own walls.

In this video, we uncover what castle defense really looked like. The endless days of bombardment that shook stone walls until they cracked. The smell of rotting food, dead horses, and fear inside the courtyard. How defenders poured boiling tar, hurled stones, and fought hand-to-hand at the battlements when the walls were finally breached.

We’ll break down the tactics, the desperation, and the brutal reality of siege warfare where the enemy wasn’t just outside your gates, but hunger, infection, and hopelessness creeping in day by day.

No glory, no heroic music. Just the raw, unfiltered truth of what it meant to defend a castle when the world was collapsing around you.

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