Post on 29-Mar-2015
HOUSES
Medieval houses were very different from Roman houses in several ways.
One important change was that more people lived in small villages for safety, instead of in farmhouses on their own land. Another change was that more people in northern Europe used fireplaces and chimneys to heat their houses and to cook on, instead of an open fire pit in the middle of the room.
CASTLES IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Castles in the middle ages were built for kings and sometimes lords.
They usually had a wall around the and they were highly protected only a few times they were overtaken.
MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE IN WESTERN EUROPE
When the Roman Empire fell, the western part of Europe struggled to adjust
Most all that was built was houses and small churches
The picture to the right is of San Giovanni in Rome), 1300’s A.D.
ARCHITECTURE IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
In the Eastern Mediterranean were building churches and palaces
The Ostrogoths in Italy were also improving their architecture.
The Hagia Sophia in Constantinople about 550 A.D.
WESTERN EUROPE CATCHING UP
By the time Eastern Europe was finishing their buildings, Western Europe was coming up behind them
Charlemagne started building his castle in Aachen, he and his grandsons built churches also
Charlemagne’s castle in Aachen, Germany
By: Hunter, Richie, and Grayson
Homes of the Middle Ages
CastlesCastle comes
from the Latin word fortress.
Kings lived in castles for protection.
Usually very big.
Castle DefenseCastles would have a
trench, known as a moat.
They would have little windows for arrow protection.
Very thickly built for any attack.
Manors
• The keep is where the lords lived. • Vassals lived here.• Serfs worked for the lords in manors.
Serfs lives• Serfs worked non stop.• They had very little food.• Were not treated very fairly.
Early Midieval PeasantHomes
Peasants houses in this period did not last.
Peasants shared it with the animals.
They one room homes .
It was made of sticks, straw and mud
Later Midieval PeasantHomesWith more money
they could afford better housing.
Many now lived in wattle and daub houses.
They were taller then the simple straw house.
Later Medieval Noble Homes These Medieval
houses of the rich.
These house were made of brick.
The brick was expensive.
They had tiles and some time chimneys.