Wolvesey Castle

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by Michael Brace
published on 29 November 2019

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Wolvesey Castle in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Wolvesey Castle was built in 1141 by Bishop Henry of Blois (c. 1096 – 1171 CE), the brother of King Stephen of England (r. 1135 - 1154 CE). The castle was the setting of the Rout of Winchester in 1141 CE, during the civil war known as The Anarchy.

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Original image by Michael Brace. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 29 November 2019 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Inside the Anarchy: England's First Civil War

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Brace, M. (2019, November 29). Wolvesey Castle. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11532/

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Brace, Michael. "Wolvesey Castle." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 29, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/11532/.

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Brace, Michael. "Wolvesey Castle." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 29 Nov 2019. Web. 28 Jan 2021.

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