During the siege of Stirling Castle, King Edward I of England ordered the world's biggest ever trebuchet to be built. It was called the Warwolf. Attackers surrounding a castle in a siege could use ...

and to get women and children out before the besiegers closed in around the castle. A trebuchet—such as the one that NOVA built—would only be launched if a castle resisted. NOVA: This was when ...

The trebuchet was one of the most devastating weapons of the Middle Ages. During medieval sieges, this destruction machine crushed castle walls. Using trial and error, medieval engineers adjusted ...

During the siege of Stirling Castle, King Edward I of England ordered the world's biggest ever trebuchet to be built. It was called the Warwolf. Attackers surrounding a castle in a siege could use ...