Questions

Castle by David Macaulay

1.   Who were the people dependent on? The people were dependent on the lord of the manor.
2. Where did they choose to build? And why? They built it next to a river for an escape route. There was also and uphill ramp to have some defense.
3. What was the first ring of the castle called? The first ring of the castle was the city.
4. How long will the walls be on the outer curtain? The walls on the outer curtain is 300 feet.
5. How thick was the inner curtain? How high? The thickness of the inner wall was 12 feet thick. It was 35 feet high.
6.  Make a Sketch: Link of sketch: Click here to see the sketch
7.  What's the center of the inner ward? The center of the inner wards was the living quarters.
8. How many entrances in the town wall? How are they protected? The town wall had three entrances. They were protected by double towered gate houses.
9. Why did people move to towns? They moved for work and start a new life.
10.  What are the walls filled with? The walls were filled with rubble.
11. How are the windows designed, starting from the bottom to the top of the towers? Windows were made with iron gilts and had wooden doors. Window openings had to be small. The higher rooms had larger windows.
12. What are crenulations used for? Crenulations were for archers to shoot in both ways.
13. Why are the gate houses not lined up from the inner to the outer ward? If the outer wall was broken, enemies would have to find another way.
14. How are the tower levels divided?The levels are divided from bottom to top: basement, supply room, and living and working rooms. The dungeon is unknown.
15. What defenses are in a gate house? The defenses are: closing doors, close gate, Open windows for archers, and murderhole.
16. What are the buildings made of? The buildings are made of stone, timber, woven hay, wopple mud, cow dun, straw.
17. What lived on the bottom floor of the barracks? The top? The top has noble guards and the bottom had animals.
18. What is a garderobe? A garderobe is a restroom.
19. Why were nicer rooms higher in the towers? It could have larger windows and it also has a good source of light.
20.  How thick were the walls? The walls were 12 feet thick.
21. What was used to heat the rooms? A stone fireplace or fire was used to heat a room.
22. How many rooms were in a tower? There were 3-4 rooms in a tower.
23. What was the most important room in a castle?The most important room in a castle is the great hall.
24. How did peasants live? Peasants lived in wooden sheds, had crowded sheep beds, and finished the day cold, hungry, and exhausted.
25. What was the main material that was used to build medieval homes? The main materials that were used to build medieval homes were wattle and daub. Some houses had a timberframe structure.
26. What is wattle? What is daub? Wattle is woven wood. Daub is mud, cow dun, and straw.
27. Why did people settle in towns? People settled in towns for the strong walls, low taxes, and a promise of a better life.
28. What was the best location in a town? The best location in town is next to a well for water supply.
29. What were the floors made of? The floors were made of pathdirt and reeves.
30. What were the windows covered with? The windows are covered with oil sheep skin.
31. What was the main source of heat and light. The main source of heat and light was fire.
32. Why would no one want to live behind the butcher shop? There would be a lot of groaning from dying animals.
33. What does the barber do?  (besides cut hair) The barber cures illness.
34. Are there sewers? There are no sewers.
35. Are their toilets? There are toilets.
36. Where does the waste go? The waste goes into a separate below.

Video link on youtube: 

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