Coercion castle explained
A coercion castle[1] [2] [3] (German: Zwingburg) or coercive castle[4] [5] was a heavily fortified, medieval castle built to dominate the surrounding land. Such castles were built mainly in the High and Late Middle Ages in order to protect those territories in areas where the population was not assessed as being entirely loyal to the sovereign. Because of the poor infrastructure of medieval Europe, the construction of castles was one of the most important ways of exercising power, which is why it was governed by royal rights (known as regalia). Examples of coercive castles are the Moritzburg in Halle, which was built in the late 15th century, and the Alte Burg in Koblenz.
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Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=iYrpAAAAIAAJ&q=%22coercion+castle%22 A Concise History of Brandenburg-Prussia to 1786
- https://books.google.com/books?id=uSBoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22coercion+castle%22 The Soldier Kings: The House of Hohenzollern
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1JsfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22coercion+castle%22 Peace in the Western World
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua9AAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22coercive+castle%22&pg=PA359 Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City Life
- https://books.google.com/books?id=vvbw3yYunS0C&dq=%22coercive+castle%22&pg=PA795 Sources concerning the hospitallers of St John in the Netherlands: 14th-18th Centuries
