MEDIEVAL CASTLE WEBQUEST

THE CASTLE

• Your majesty, today we will be
• Explaining about
• The defense of the castle
• And what to do to on offense.

CASTLE DEFENSE

• The castle was used for protecting
• its inhabitants, holding down territory,
• keeping invaders out, and could be used
• as a safe house during an invasion in a nearby
• castle, town, or village.

WHO LIVED IN CASTLES?

• Usually royalty or lords lived
• there and of course their servants.
• There was also common workers
• such as traders, fishers, peasants, and
• of course farmers!

THE ROLE OF THE KNIGHTS

• They defended the women, weak, and royalty.
• They protected the castle from invasion.
• They were highly trained military men
• High in the code of chivalry and rode the best horses.

PARTS OF THE LORD'S MANOR

• One defensive structure that is effective is the arrow loops.
• These were designed for archers to shoot at the enemy.
• For an effective castle defense there would be
• arrow loops all around to prevent siege tower attacks.

PARTS OF A LORD'S MANOR CONT.

• The moat to keep attackers away from the castle.
• It was filled with either feces or water.
• It would take time for the attackers to cross it.

PARTS OF A LORD'S MANOR CONT.

• The towers make it harder for the
• attackers to kill the archers.
• This also gave the archers a better viewing point.

CASTLE ATTACK

• Now we shall be switching to offense.
• This is just as important as the defense.
• Knowing the enemies strategies and weapons
• will give an upper hand in the battle.

CASTLE

• Was used to hold won territory.
• It represented a group or countries land.
• It usually also meant great wealth and power

CASTLES TARGETTED

• Were attacked for the riches inside.
• Capturing could mean taking territory.
• This would help a country grow.

ATTACK STRATEGIES

• Usually neighboring countries
• would fight each other.
• They would use catapults and knights.
• Using all sorts of weapons can help take over a castle.

BEGINNING A SIEGE

• It usually begins when a country tries to grow.
• This would require more territory.
• If there was any unclaimed land they would take it.
• Usually all the free land was already claimed.

4 THINGS TO ATTACK

• Use catapults to hit the walls and defenders.
• Then send out the army to breach.
• Have archers with longbows sniping people on the walls.
• Take over all the defensive structures once breached.

OTHER METHODS

• You could wait it out and starve the castle.
• Attack when supplies are coming in because then the
• drawbridge would be down and they wouldn't expect that.

THE END