Editing Slighting (section)

{{Short description|Damage of buildings to reduce their value}}
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[[File:Corfe Castle 57.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Corfe Castle]] in [[Dorset]] was slighted in 1646 during the [[English Civil War]]. Parliament slighted or proposed to slight more than 100 buildings, including castles, town walls, abbeys, and houses.{{sfn|Thompson|1987|pp=179–185}}|alt=The shattered remains of a stone building, with two walls of a tower standing higher above the ruins.]]
'''Slighting''' is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative, or social structures. This destruction of property is sometimes extended to the contents of buildings and the surrounding landscape. It is a phenomenon with complex motivations and was often used as a tool of control. Slighting spanned cultures and periods, with especially well-known examples from the [[English Civil War]] in the 17th century.