Medieval Media
This TV show depicts powerful families racing to sit on the Iron Throne.
Game of Thrones
This is commonly used as the last stage of torture, and it is commonly associated with witches.
Stake
The device was often used to launch stones and infiltrate castles.
Catapult
This much of England’s population was killed by the Black Death.
2/3
Often described as eating human flesh, these hideous giants were the main characters of a film series in the 2000s.
Ogres
This archer was known for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor.
Robin Hood
This torture device also shares its name with an English heavy metal band.
Iron Maiden
Believed to have originated in India, this early machine made its way to Europe in the Middle Ages and helped start the Industrial Revolution.
Spinning Wheel
Holding a candle to a tooth would cure this type of illness.
Toothache
These single horned creatures held strong religious symbolism in the Middle Ages.
Unicorns
This boy was crowned the rightful King of England after being able to pull a sword from a stone.
(King) Arthur
This device tortured its victims by trapping them in heated metal.
Brazen Bull
This was the first dependable way to measure time, first used at sea.
Hourglass
Scientists believed diseases were caused by the imbalance of these four “humours” or bodily fluids. (Name two)
Blood, Phlegm, Black Bile, Yellow Bile
Half man and half horse, these were often associated with the wine god Dionysus.
Centaurs
This superhero turned hunter actor stars in Netflix’s The Witcher.
Henry Cavill
This device is commonly seen in movies. It makes the victim uncomfortable by trapping their head and hands in a plank of wood.
Pillory
This is the term for the perimeter ditch usually filled with water that surrounded the perimeter of a castle.
Moat
This critical theory about medicine had not been discovered yet which was vital for the treatment of the Black Death.
Germ Theory
Symbolizing intelligence and bravery, this beast had the head and wings of an eagle with the body of a lion.
Griffin
This Germanic heroic legend is one of the most translated poems of Old English literature, whose author is still unknown.
Beowulf
This device is only used for women to rip off their femininity.
Breast Ripper
First appearing in Spain, this invention was used to study the movement of celestial bodies by navigators and astronomers.
Astrolabe
Medicine of the Middle Ages was inspired by this Greek man, known as the “Father of Medicine.”
Hippocrates
Discussed by both Aristotle and Plato in their philosophy, this creature was half goat and half deer.
Hircocervus