Engineering Techniques
A hand missile weapon that is effective in castle defense
What is a crossbow
This type of disguise was used as a ruse to gain access to a castle
What is a peasant or merchant disguise
The intended purpose of Chepstow Castle
What is defense
Main religion during the medieval times
What is Christianity
The origin point of castles
What is no singular origin point
A weapon that discharged missiles with great accuracy and could hit the same target repeatedly with precision
What is a trebuchet
Falke used this many assault waves to capture Bedford Castle
What is 4 waves
The event the True Chronicles of Jean Le Bel is one of the most important sources for
What is the beginning of the Hundred Years' War
A title where the power is largely symbolic rather than localized political power
What is King
The reason castles stopped being built after the 16th century
What is the invention and improvement of cannons, mortars, and gunpowder
A weapon that launched missiles with a range of 200 yards with a 50-pound rock
What is timber arm or firing beam
Vulnerable supply for enemies to gain easy access to and disrupt
What is the water supply
The place Chepstow Castle was built on
What is the gateway to Wales
length of the medieval period
What is approximately 1000 years
A fortification with a stone or wooden tower on a mound with a walled enclosure around it
What is a motte and bailey castle
A weapon with a 500-yard range that was easy to mount on walls and discharged giant arrows
What is roman ballista
This strategy of demolishing castle walls involved using timber supports and then setting them ablaze
What is castle undermining
The city that surrendered to Lord Charles
What is the City of Rennes
A system that is both horizontal and vertical and creates bonds between elites based on oaths of loyalty, mutual protection, defense of land
What is the vassalage system
A castle begun by William the Conqueror in 1066
What is the White Tower
The maximum weight of missiles a trebuchet could launch
What is 80 pounds
This many truces were made between Prince Louis of France and Henry III between 1216 and 1217
What is 5
Who Chepstow Castle was built by
Who is William FitzOsbern
Three medieval orders
What is Oratores (those who pray), Bellatores (those who fight), Laboratores (those who work)
A medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, that was originally a motte and bailey castle which began to be replaced by King Edward I of England
What is Caernarfon Castle