Defensive features
Name one of the main defensive features at the entrance to the castle.
Drawbridge/Portcullis
What heavy close range weapon was used to break down the drawbridge/Curtain walls
Battering Ram
Medieval People can be broken into 3 groups. Those who?......
Fought
Worked
Prayed
The trench surrounding the outside walls of the castle filled with water was known as?
The Moat
why were longbows favoured over Crossbows?
Longbows rate of fire was much quicker.
Put these in order of power of the feudal system
knights/Kings/peasants/lords,barons,bishops
Kings/Lords,barons,bishops/knights/Peasants
Earlier wooden Medieval Castles were called what?
Motte and Bailey Castles
Name one way/strategy armies use to bypass Castle Curtain walls
Siege towers/Scaling ladders
when a lord dies, who does he pass his land onto?
His eldest son
what was the most important building in a Medieval Castle?
The Keep
What was the actual name given to a Medieval catapult
Trebuchet
How was the lord and lady married?
Arranged marraige
What was the usual design of the staircases in Medieval keeps. give one reason why?
Spiral Staircase.
clockwise design meant attackers (typically right-handed) had their weapon arms cramped against the central pillar, while defenders (moving down) had more room to swing their swords.
Attackers climbing the stairs could not easily see the defenders above them, while defenders had a clearer view of the threat.
Name two disadvantages of undermining a medieval castle.
Moat flooding the mine/ castles walls collapsing on soldiers/ first miners through were easy kills.