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The popular Medieval Castles Simulator has now been updated with a new worksheet with an extension activity based around a primary source relating to the siege of Carcassonne in 1240.<\/p>\nThe popular Medieval Castles Simulator has now been updated with a new worksheet with an extension activity based around a primary source relating to the siege of Carcassonne in 1240.<\/p>\n
The simulation can be used as a stand-alone activity, or as part of the ActiveHistory study of The Norman Conquest<\/a> or The Albigensian Crusade<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The popular Medieval Castles Simulator has now been updated with a new worksheet with an extension activity based around a primary source relating to the siege of Carcassonne in 1240. 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