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Hamlet’s Kronborg and Toll Castles

With the proliferation of medieval trade, learn about the core role castles played in revenue collection, as lords assessed tolls to traveling merchants. At Kronborg Castle in Denmark, immortalized as Elsinore in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, take in the sumptuous architecture of the edifice, and note its strategic location on the Oresund waterway, as a toll and customs collection point for ships.

English
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Production Company United States The Great Courses
  • Created September 17, 2025 by
    AnonymousCat888
  • Modified September 17, 2025 by
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