wunder beta🏰 Knights & Castles
Raise the drawbridge and meet the knights who guarded mighty castles!
What you’ll learn
- Describe why castles were built, name their key defenses, and explain what happened during a siege.In the Middle Ages, lords built strong stone castles as forts and homes. Castles had defenses like moats, drawbridges, battlements, and arrow loops. Enemies attacked them in long sieges using rams and catapults.
- Explain who knights were, how they trained, and what armor, weapons, and code of chivalry they followed.Knights were mounted soldiers who trained for years, starting as pages and squires. They wore chainmail or plate armor and fought with swords and lances. Knights followed a code of chivalry calling for bravery and loyalty.
Questions this course answers
What is a moat?
A moat was a deep ditch, sometimes filled with water, around castle walls to make attacking much harder.
What was the most important room in a castle?
The great hall was the most important room, used for feasts and for the lord to make decisions.
What is a siege?
A siege was a long attack where enemies surrounded a castle and used machines to try to capture it.
How did a boy usually begin training to become a knight?
Training often started around age seven when a noble boy became a page, learning manners, riding, and service.
About how much did a full suit of plate armor weigh?
A full suit of plate armor usually weighed between 35 and 55 pounds, spread out so knights could still move well.
What was the code of chivalry?
The code of chivalry was a set of rules calling on knights to be brave, loyal, honest, and to protect the weak.
Grounded in trusted sources
- Middle Ages for Kids: Castles, Ducksters (ducksters.com/history/middle_ages_castles.php)
- Knights and Castles Facts for Kids, History's Not Boring (kidshistorypodcast.org/learn/knights-and-castles-facts)
- Castles and knights, Q-files (q-files.com/history/castles-knights/castles-and-knights)
- Anatomy of a Castle, Great Castles (great-castles.com/anatomy.html)
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