Louis was paid 10,000 marks to pledge never to invade England again, although he unsuccessfully tried to take Dover Castle a second time, in May 1217. The Frenchman died in 1226, also of dysentery.

Dover, sitting squarely on the south-east coast of England, has long been recognised as one of the country’s most strategically important sites, with a hill fort built here during the Iron Age; behind ...

England's strongest castle. Whether the Norman Conquest of England was, as maintained by those notable authorities W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman in 1066 And All That, ‘a good thing’ has been much ...

No fortress in England can boast a longer history than Dover Castle. Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, it has served from the Iron Age onwards as a vital ...

Dover Castle was built between 1179 and 1188 - a massive symbol of King Henry II's power.

This castle in Kent with a fascinating history overlooking the Strait of Dover is the largest in England.

This marked the close of Dover Castle’s extraordinary eight centuries at the heart of England’s defence. Or so we must hope. Dover Castle is just a 20-minute walk (uphill) from Dover Priory ...

Dover Castle, A medieval fortress, the Dover Castle was called the Key of England. As the largest castle in England and the most dominant landscape of the town, its structure rises 375 feet above ...