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'That cage of violence and denne of theives': Beeston Castle, Cheshire
Gaunt, Peter
Gaunt, Peter
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This paper explores the history, site and layout of Beeston Castle in central Cheshire, through the medieval period. However, it focuses on the role of the castle during the English civil war, during which it served firstly as a parliamentarian outpost and then as a royalist stronghold, blockaded, besieged and eventually retaken by the Cheshire parliamentarians. It draws heavily on contemporary primary sources, as well as on the discoveries made during recent archaeological work, to reconstruct the history of the castle during the civil war.
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Gaunt, P. (2024). 'That cage of violence and denne of theives': Beeston Castle, Cheshire. Cromwelliana, 13.
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The Cromwell Association
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Cromwelliana
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Series III, volume 13
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