1. Housing
Manor and Castles

2. Middle Ages Manors
The area of land in which a lord had domain and could exercise certain rights and privileges

3. The Manor Included: Mill Church tannery blacksmith
Manor House which was built apart from the village where the peasants lived.
Peasant/ serf homes

5. Who lived on a Manor
Vassal - free man who held land from a lord to whom in exchange for services and loyalty
Bailiff - managed the manors
Serf - worked his lord's land and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land
Peasant - agricultural worker or laborer
Servant: house peasants who worked in the lord's manor house
Lord of the manor- In charge of the land and people on it

6. The Manor House
Owned by Medieval England’s wealthy – those who were at or near the top of the feudal system.
built of natural stone and they were built to last.
Size was an indication of a lord’s wealth.

7. Peasant Houses Medieval peasants lived little huts.
The poverty of such dwellings was a sign of their social scale and their standing in the feudal system

8. The Manor: The Purpose
A self-sufficient community were most peasants lived out their entire lives
A space for the Lord to make money and a symbol of his social rank

9. Middle Ages Castles
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

10. Castles: The Purpose
Castles were primarily built during the wars of the late Middle Ages for the purpose of protection.

11. Defenses: The Outer Curtain Wall
The vast stone wall which wrapped around the outside of a castle.
the main layer of defense

12. Moats and Water Defenses
man made ditches filled with water
Stopped attackers from getting too close
filled with waste from the castle toilets

13. Towers and Look Out Points
designed to give a full circle view of the countryside around a fortress, so to spot oncoming attackers.

14. Murder Holes
holes in the ceiling which boiling water could be poured through!

15. The Drawbridge
a large wooden plank, attached to the side of the castle and lowered down on chains