Describes the origins, main features, and destruction of medieval castles, and discusses the way of life of the people who lived in them, knighthood and sieges.

High on a hill -- Huge home -- Types of castles -- The keep -- Castle life -- Fun and games -- Hunting -- In the kitchen -- Fabulous feasts -- Knights -- At a joust -- Attack! -- Fighting back -- Castles in ruins -- Glossary of castle words -- Web sites to visit -- Index.