EXPLORING LIFE AND DEATH IN MEDIEVAL TIMES Defending a castle
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1. How are each of the features labelled here used to defend the castle?
2. Why was it so difficult to capture castles?
3 5 4 8 7 9 2 ❰●p. 36 Trim Castle, Co. Meath Pastimes of lords and ladies of the castle
1. Which of the following medieval pastimes of lords and ladies are featured in these pictures? ●●Hunting ●●Tournaments ●●Hawking ●●Hunting Dogs ●●Embroidery ●●Feasting ●●Drinking ●●Chess ●●Story Telling ●●Dancing ●●Spinning ● ●Jousting
2. Are some pastimes mainly male and some mainly female?
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Go onto YouTube and look up ‘Miss Stout’s History Class Life in a Medieval Castle’.
