Kenilworth castle essay on Ivan Lapper's interpretation

History

How accurate an interpretation is Ivan Lapper’s interpretation of Kenilworth Castle at the beginning of the 13th Century

In this essay, I am going to examine Ivan Lapper’s interpretation, which he drew in 1986, and see if it is an accurate and reliable interpretation of Kenilworth castle in the thirteenth century. I am going to do this by examining written and pictorial sources about Kenilworth and other castles in general, and see if they help me answer the question. I am also going to be looking at the sources and seeing if they are reliable or not and why. I will then consider all of the facts and make a judgement about how accurate an interpretation Ivan Lapper’s picture of Kenilworth is.

The Keep

Ivan Lappers interpretation ok Kenilworth Castle in the 13th Century shows that the keep was a stone square keep, it had narrow arrow slit windows, and there were crenulations. It also shows that the walls had a plinth and that there were four square, on...