Medieval life – villages, Manors, and castles
MedievAl villages
Village house (WITH THATCHED ROOF)
Villages
Medieval manors (or the manorial system)
MEDIEVAL MANOR
Manor houses
Motte and bailey Style castles (mound and courtyard)
MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE CONSTRUCTION AT ITS HEIGHT
CASTLE ARCHEOLOGY
A MOTTE TODAY
CASTLE KEEPS – strongest part of the castle and where the family lived
KRAK DE CHEVALIER CASTLE IN SYRIA INFLUENCE OF the CRUSADES ON CASTLE BUILDING Western Christians learn castle Construction from the Muslims of the middle east KRAK DE CHEVALIER CASTLE IN SYRIA
COOL CASTLEs
ANOTHER CASTLE *NOTE THE CRENELLATED CASTLE WALLS
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany (“New Swan Stone”)
CASTLE DEFENSES KEEP MOATs
HOARDINGS Attached to exterior wall, allowing defenders to shoot or drop things on anyone at the base of the wall
MOATS
PORTCULLIS – wood or iron grille-like gate at castle entrance
PORTCULLIS LEVER DRAW BRIDGE FROM INSIDE VIEW
CATAPAULTS - siege engines or weapons that hurled objects at castle walls *Actually specific devices with specific names Exs. Trebuchets, Mangonels, Ballistas, etc.