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    The document describes the key parts of medieval castles. It explains that the outer bailey was the outer courtyard inside the outer walls, while the inner bailey was a protected inner courtyard. The curtain wall surrounded the courtyard and was very thick. The keep was the strongest part and usually housed the lord and his family, including the great hall which was the social center. Other parts included the drawbridge, parapets, arrow loops, portcullis, gatehouse, and moat filled with water.

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    The document describes the key parts of medieval castles. It explains that the outer bailey was the outer courtyard inside the outer walls, while the inner bailey was a protected inner courtyard. The curtain wall surrounded the courtyard and was very thick. The keep was the strongest part and usually housed the lord and his family, including the great hall which was the social center. Other parts included the drawbridge, parapets, arrow loops, portcullis, gatehouse, and moat filled with water.

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    The document describes the key parts of medieval castles. It explains that the outer bailey was the outer courtyard inside the outer walls, while the inner bailey was a protected inner courtyard. The curtain wall surrounded the courtyard and was very thick. The keep was the strongest part and usually housed the lord and his family, including the great hall which was the social center. Other parts included the drawbridge, parapets, arrow loops, portcullis, gatehouse, and moat filled with water.

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    Parts of a Castle

    Directions: Read the following descriptions of the parts of a castle below then use the descriptions
    below, as well as, the websites I have given you to identify the parts of a castle on page 44. The parts are
    labeled in BOLD. Write the numbers of the part and the name of the part next to the arrow that it is
    pointing to. When you are done labeling, please complete the writing portion on the back.

    1. The outer bailey (main bailey) was the first courtyard inside the outer walls of the castle
    2. The inner bailey (lower bailey) was the inner courtyard of a castle. It was protected by two
    walls.
    3. The curtain wall surrounded the courtyard of the castles. Strongly built, it was not uncommon
    for the castles walls to be ten or more feet in thickness.
    4. The keep was known in French as the donjon. It was the strongest and most heavily fortified
    part of the castle as it was designed to be the last line of defense. Keeps were sometimes built
    round, sometimes square. Square keeps made nicer rooms, but round keeps were easier to
    defend. The keep usually housed the owner of the castle and his family. In it the great hall was
    often located. The great hall was the heart of the castle. It was used for family dinners, banquets,
    games, dancing, entertainment, and sometimes a courtroom.
    5. The drawbridge was a bridge which could be raised or lowered. It was usually located over a
    moat.
    6. Parapets were low walls around the top edge of a tower or a castle wall.
    7. Corbels were stone projections in the walls which acted like brackets to support parapets.
    8. Machicolations were the reason parapets were built. They were holes in the parapets used for
    dropping all kinds of things, such as boiling oil, hot water, stones etc.
    9. The moat was the ditch around the castle. It was usually filled with water.
    10. The barbican was a foreward gate of the castle located before the main gate. It offered extra
    protection since the weakest part of the castle was considered to be the gate.
    11. The postern gate was a back gate. It was supposed to be a secret, but oftentimes was not. The
    gate was used for attacking and surrounding the enemy outside the castle, as an escape, or for the
    coming and going of scouts and spies.
    12. Arrow-loops were narrow openings in the castles towers through which archers fired their
    arrows on the enemy below.
    13. The portcullis was the main gate to the castle. It was made of very heavy wood and was
    reinforced with iron grating. Like barbican, it could be raised and lowered for the protection of
    the people inside.
    14. The gatehouse was the living quarters over the main gate of the castle. As time went on it
    became heavily fortified and very important. Sometimes the owner of the castle chose to live in
    the gatehouse.
    15. Murder holes were holes in the ceiling just after the front gate. The holes were used for
    dropping large stones on attackers who got through the front gate.
    16. Ramparts were important for the placement of castles. Castles built on rock could not be
    seized by tunneling.

    Writing Response-Castles

    Directions: Now that you have learned more about castles and their purpose during the Middle
    Ages, please respond to the following questions in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.
    What was the purpose of a castle during the Middle Ages? Where do you think the best place to
    build a castle would be? If you were an invader, how would you try to enter the castle? Which
    part of the castle do you think would be MOST vulnerable (defenseless or easy to attack)? If you
    were an invader which part of the castle would you try to avoid and why? Make sure you use the
    vocabulary/terms that you have learned throughout this lesson in your writing. This should be
    formed as a paragraph.
    You could start your paragraph something like this...
    Example:
    During the Middle Ages most nobles lived in castles which offered....(insert the purpose of castle).
    The best places to build castles were....(insert your answer here) because..(insert your reasons
    here). An invader might try to gain access to the castle... (insert your answer here) because
    (insert your reasons here). Invaders would most likely want to avoid..(insert your answer here)
    because...(insert your reasons here).
    Write your response here:
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