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MEDIEVAL CASTLES
Name: _________________________ Group: _________________________
Castles
1.- What is a Castle?
A Castle is a fortified building use to defend their lands against invaders.
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2.- Discuss with your Group mates, If you had to build a castle where would you
do it? Why?
The best place to build a castle is a hill, because it is easier to defend.
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3.- Who lived in a castle?
Kings, Queen, their families, Lords, Knights and servants.
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4.- What are castles made of?
They are made of stone and wood.
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5.- What is the great hall?
The great hall is the most important room of the Keep. There they have
meetings and feasts.
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6.- Did the castles have toilets?
Yes, they did. The dirty water went to the moat.
Read the definitions below and try to label the castle at the following page. After,
look at the dictionary and write down the translation of each word.
Moat: a deep, trench surrounding a castle, usually filled with dirty water. Fossat
Portcullis: a gate of iron bars that slides up and down in front of a door to prevent
passage. Raseta
Drawbridge: a platform that can be raised or lowered over a moat to permit entry
into a castle. Porta Caladissa
Keep: The strongest and most secure place in a castle. The main tower where they
lived. Torre d’homenatge.
Rampart: a high wall from which to protect a castle by shooting arrows and
launching stones. Muralla
Battlement: the open space in a castle wall from which to launch weapons at the
enemy. Espitlleres
Dungeon: a dark, underground prison. Masmorra.
Barbican: a tower at a gate bridge. Barbacana
Bailey: This is a courtyard or open space surrounded by walls. Pati d’Armes.
PARTS OF A CASTLE
Drawnbridge
Portcullis
Moat
Keep
Rampart
Barbican
Bailey
Battlement
Dungeon
Cut out the following castles and place them in their correct countries with an arrow.
Zvolen Castle Slovakia
Chillon Castle Switzerland
Carcassonne Castle. France
Trujillo Castle. Spain
Bodiam Castle. England
Bourscheid Castle Lusxemburg
BECOMING A KNIGHT
The path to becoming a knight began at the
age of seven when the son of a nobleman would be
sent to a lord’s house to serve him as a page. A
page was expected to help his lord dress, put on
heavy armour and was taught manners and skills in
serving food.
A page would also play training games which
included sword practice with wooden swords to
help in his quest for knighthood. At the age of 14
the page became a squire – which was a personal
attendant to the knight. As a quire he learned
riding and all the skills of war as well as hunting,
hawking and other sports.
Squires were allowed to carry a sword and
shield - a sign of the rank he had achieved.
When a squire reached 18- 21 years of age, a
man who had completed his training was made a
Knight in a religious ceremony.
After reading the passages about knights, complete the following sentences.
a) The path to becoming a Knight began at he age of Seven when the
__son____ of a nobleman would be sent to a lord’s ____house_____ to serve
him a s a ___page________.
b) A ___page______ was expected to help his lord ____dress__, put on
_____heavy____ armour and was taught__manners____ and skills in
__serving__ food.
c) __Squires___ were allowed to carry a __swords_____ and ____shield___ - a
sign of the ___rank______ he ___had________ achieved.
KNIGHTS
Knights existed between the year 800
a.d. and the end of the fifteenth
century until modern means of fighting
and weaponry replaced them.
Training to become a knight was hard
work and involved many hours of
practice.
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