Flashcards
Medieval Society: Castle,Church and City
Cards in this deck (43)
- 1Middle Ages500 AD - 1500 AD
- 2William the ConquerorNorman leader who invaded England in 1066
- 3Bayeux TapestryTapestry which tell the story of the invasion of England by William the Conqueror
- 4Domesday BookSurveyed land ownership in England after the Normans arriving
- 5FeudalismThe way the ownership and control of land was organised
- 6KingOwned all the land
- 7Barons and BishopsMost powerful of the king's subjects
- 8tenants-in-chiefBarons and Bishops
- 9fiefland which a lord received
- 10vassalLord who was faithful to the king
- 11manorsKnights were given villages with land around them
- 12demesneLand kept by a knight for his own private use
- 13PeasantsFarmers
- 14motteA mound of earth
- 15BaileyA flat area or courtyard
- 16KeepA timber tower
- 17LodgingsWhere soldiers stayed
- 18StablesWhere horses were kept
- 19WorkshopsBuildings in the bailey
- 20KitchensWhere cooking was done
- 21HallWhere meals were eaten and the lord conducted his business
- 22Carrickfergus, Co. AntrimExample of a great stone castle
- 23MoatSurrounded a castle and was filled with water
- 24curtain wallswalls which surrounded a castle
- 25BattlementsProtection for a walk inside the top of the castle wall
- 26Towers/TurretsBuilt at intervals along the castle wall
- 27slots/loopholessoldiers shot arrows through them
- 28DrawbridgeA means of crossing the moat, it was lowered by chains
- 29PortcullisAn iron grill raised to allow people enter and leave a castle
- 30GatehouseControlled the machinery for entering the castle
- 31WellProvided water supply in castle grounds
- 32spiral staircasestairs in castle
- 33Tapestryhand woven cloth decorated with pictures
Hand woven cloth decorated with pictures hung on the walls of a castle - 34Great HallVenue for feasts and entertainment
- 35Put under siegesurround castle
- 36machinesused to fire rocks, fireballs and large arrows at a castle
- 37siege towersused to get over castle wall
- 38scaling laddersused to get over castle wall
- 39battering ramused to break down doors of the gatehouse
- 40movable wooden shedused to protect those operating battering ram
- 41undermining the walltunneling under castle wall to collapse it
- 42doorabove the ground with steep steps
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