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Profs & Pints Baltimore: Exploring Castles

Sun, Nov 10

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Baltimore

Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Exploring Castles,” a crash course on the design, construction, and use of the castles of medieval Europe, with Victoria McAlister.

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Profs & Pints Baltimore: Exploring Castles
Profs & Pints Baltimore: Exploring Castles

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Nov 10, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Baltimore, 1611 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA

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Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Exploring Castles,” a crash course on the design, construction, and use of the castles of medieval Europe, with Victoria McAlister, assistant professor of Digital Environmental Humanities at Towson University, scholar of medieval buildings, and author of the award-winning book The Irish Tower House: Society, Economy, and Environment c.1300-1650.


Think of Europe in the Middle Ages and huge stone castles come to mind. It’s understandable given how prominently such structures factor into depictions of that time in popular culture. Such a mental image, however, obscures a tremendous amount of variation in castle design and construction, much of it lost to history due to the ravages of time.


You don’t need a time machine and royal lineage to get to know such buildings as they existed in their era. Instead, just come to Baltimore’s Guilford Hall to hear them discussed in depth by Victoria McAlister, a scholar…


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