Castle
The most secure place in a castle.
What is the keep?
The most beautiful room in a castle with a golden cross.
What is the chapel?
He was responsible for the knight's armour and weapons.
What is the job of a squire?
In teams or as individuals.
How were tournaments fought?
The place in which the prisoners were kept.
What is the dungeon?
A means of preserving food in the Middle Ages.
What is salt? / What are spices?
The earliest age at which a young boy could start his training to become a knight.
What is 7 years?
A one-on-one fight with the aim of knocking the other knight off his horse.
What is jousting?
A gate of iron bars that slid up and down.
What is the portcullis?
A large iron pot for soup that hung over the fireplace.
What is a cauldron?
A squire used this wooden dummy to practise his fighting skills.
What is a quintain?
The place where the ladies sat at tournaments.
What is a grandstand?
A room in which the lord and his familiy ate and were entertained.
What is the Great Hall?
They are used for lighting the castle.
What are torches / candles?
The castle lady taught this to a young boy training to be a knight.
What are good manners / social graces?
A way to prevent injuries at tournaments.
What are blunted weapons?
The two functions of a castle.
What are "a place to live in and a place to defend"?
A person who entertained the lord and his guests.
What is a jester?
A symbol of a knight's new status.
What are golden spurs?
Two reasons for taking part in a tournament.
What is practise their fighting skills and showing how good they are at fighting?