Life in a Cas tle

1. Life in a Castle Sophia Guglietta

2. Royalty in the Middle Ages Order of Royalty: Kings Great Lords Lesser Lords Knights Peasants

3. Castle Content The Keep Moat Bailey Motte

4. The BOOKeep The keep was the main building of a castle. The keep contained the Solar(the Lord and Lady’s bedroom), The Great Hall, Storerooms, The Chapel, and the room where prisoners waited for their trials. The Chapel was the main place of prayer, some being two stories high. The store rooms were places where food and wine were stored, and well as where soldiers would sleep when there were an abundance of them.

5. The Moat Moats were very vital ingredients of a castle. They are also very well-known and associated with castles. A moat is a deep, wide ditch, often filled with water, that surrounds a castle for protection.

6. The Motte and Bailey A motte was a flat topped hill that supported the keep. At the base of the motte was a yard called a bailey. A bailey had stables for horses, sheds and pens for livestock, storerooms for food, workshops, simple houses for servants, and building where soldiers slept. The bailey also had markets and coopers, who made barrels to store food, beer,and wine for the castle community. The bailey was one of the first line’s of defense along with the moat(water filled ditch). If the enemy ever got past the bailey, the community would retreat the the keep. The first motte and bailey castle was built in 850.

7. The Great Hall The Great Hall was both a dining room and a living room of the middle ages. In the Great Hall was entertainment, dancing, and eating. People were arranged according to importance. The lord and lady and their guests sat at one raised table while other diners were seated at benches at the “low tables”. Diners used spoons and knives and only wealthy nobles ate from plates. Jesters and poets provided entertainment, while nobles danced and played games in the background.

8. You think you have a lot of rules??!!!!!! Medieval Mealtime Behavior Wash your hand before and after meals Do not drink from you neighbor’s cup if your mouth is full Do not slurp your soup D o not use your fingers to blow your nose. Do not pick your teeth with a knife while at the table. Do not blow on your food to cool it. Do not wipe your mouth on the tablecloth. If you are sharing a dish, do not leave your spoon on it. It is rude to belch or spit while at the table. Do not put you finders in your ears or scratch your head or any other part of your body while eating. Do not gnaw or suck on bones and return them to the dish Do not pick out the best pieces and eat them yourself

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