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The Middle Ages is a periodisation of European history, encompassing the period from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the Renaissance in the 15th century.

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How long did it take to build siege engines in the middle ages?

The 'Highland fling', a trebuchet project in Scotland took some two weeks and around 35 people. It worked.
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What was it like for a coastal village to experience a Viking raid in around the tenth century?

Coastal villages were generally unprotected throughout the middle ages and monasteries had little or no protection. Whilst the Vikings were bad some of the time, they were more traders than raiders. ' …
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