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===Influence=== Archaeologist {{interlanguage link|Rainer Atzbach|de}} assumed that the public awareness of tarring and feathering has contributed to another legend present in popular culture, the use of hot tar and [[Pitch (resin)|pitch]] as a [[Siege#Defensive|defensive weapon]] in [[medieval castle]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Atzbach |first=Rainer |editor1-last=Atzbach |editor1-first=Rainer |editor2-last=Jensen |editor2-first=Lars Meldgaard Sass |editor3-last=Lauritsen |editor3-first=Leif Plith |date=2015 |title=Castles at War |url=https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/162355026/Castles_At_War.pdf#page=119 |location=Bonn |publisher=Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH |pages=119β134 |chapter=The Legend of Hot Tar or Pitch as a Defensive Weapon |isbn=978-3-7749-3978-3}}</ref>
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