It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.

If your spouse dies intestate (that means without a will), you will generally inherit between one-third and one-half of all the estate, and your spouse’s biokids will split the rest. If there are stepkids (in this case, your own biokids) involved, things might get hairier.

Besides, how can you talk about church politics? It would certainly be anti-Catholic and might easily become un-American.

At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another.