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The Assault and Capture of Corfe Castle in 1646, Artwork Within Europe During the 16th Century, and the Prohibition of Homosexuality Within England During the 19th Century: How Corfe Castle Was Captured During the English Civil War (1642 – 1651), the Length of Time Corfe Castle Was Besieged During the Siege of Corfe Castle in 1643, the Person Who Successfully Besieged Corfe Castle During the Secondary Siege of Corfe Castle in 1646, the Number of Soldiers English Colonel Pitman (No Last Name) Stationed to Defend Corfe Castle in 1646, the Reason These Soldiers Turned Their Uniform Inside Out, the Strategy Leveraged to Gain Entry Into Corfe Castle in 1646, the Gift Provided to English Royalist Mary Bankes After the Successful Capture of Corfe Castle, the Reason This Gift Was Symbolic, the Reason Parliamentarian Soldiers Destroyed Corfe Castle in 1646, the Reason Leather Was Used for Wallpaper Within Venice, Italy Post the 14th Century A.D., the Person Who Imported Leather Wallpaper Into England, One of the Greatest Venetian Artists, How Italian Artist Tiziano Vecelli (Titian) Recycled Art Canvases and the Emulation of Vecelli by Other Artists During the 16th Century, How Artwork is Studied During the Modern Day to Determine Authenticity, How Scientists Compare Artwork to Previously Authenticated Works, the Benefit of This Analysis, the Prohibition of Homosexuality and the Concept of “Indecent Assault” During the 19th Century, English Politician William John Bankes Apprehended During Romantic Homosexual Intimacy Multiple Times, the Reason William John Bankes Continually Shipped Items From Abroad to the Kingston Lacy Estate, the Reason William John Bankes Migrated Back to England, and William John Bankes Returning to England Covertly

䷖ During the English Civil War, Corfe Castle was captured by force because of clever trickery as the castle itself was heavily fortified and impregnable to any technology available during the period. Despite 500 parliamentarian soldiers arriving to storm the castle for the first attempt, the siege carried on for 13 weeks and was eventually repealed by Royalist forces who traveled by horseback to the castle to defend it. A secondary siege occurred in 1646 which was successful because Colonel Pitm...


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