Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Warfare and Society in Early Modern England.
The intentional destruction of a captured castle or fortification to render it useless for future military defense.
Slighting appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Warfare and British Society and London WWII, especially Warfare and Society in Early Modern England and The Experience of War.
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