When cities were in turmoil, and brigands loose in the land, a man’s home was, of necessity, his castle. …
For all one knows there will always be an Englishman who refers to his home as his castle. The conceit persists unchallenged because the castle in question is fictitious. Imaginary. A gulf of about ten centuries separates the modern individual from the time when castles were a common commodity, actually a necessity. Apart from ruins, what passes for castles today… (View original article)