Life in a Cas tle
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Life in a Castle
Sophia Guglietta
Royalty in the Middle Ages
Order of Royalty:
KingsGreat LordsLesser Lords
Knights
Peasants
Castle Content
The KeepMoatBaileyMotte
The BOOKeepThe 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.
The MoatMoats 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.
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.
The Great HallThe 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.
Medieval Mealtime Behavior
1. Wash your hand before and after meals
2. Do not drink from you neighbor’s cup if your mouth is full
3. Do not slurp your soup
4. D o not use your fingers to blow your nose.
5. Do not pick your teeth with a knife while at the table.
6. Do not blow on your food to cool it.
7. Do not wipe your mouth on the tablecloth.
8. If you are sharing a dish, do not leave your spoon on it.
9. 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.
10. Do not gnaw or suck on bones and return them to the dish
11. Do not pick out the best pieces and eat them yourself
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