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In this magizine you will leran about -Knights -Castles -Leaders
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medieval times
The picture above is a castle from medieval Europe
The Medieval times were a very hard time for everyone, disease, war, and slavery (serfs). manors had to depend on them selves in fear of attacks and disease
Adiam condimentum in the picture above is a knight riding into battle.
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KNIGHTS
CASTLES
There were two ways a man could become a knight by
A castle was a stone brick structure that leaders used to
fighting bravely on the battle field or being an apprentice of a knight by working hard, they would be knighted by a king, lord, or even another knight.
protect their people of their manor/kingdom, while bowmen could shoot arrows down from the turrets and through the crenellations and hide behind
The warriors of medieval Europe were called knights, for protection they had metal plate armor made of metal pieces or chain mail armor. There were
them. The outermost defense was called the outer wall. Around the Wall there was a moat. There needed to be a way to get over
multiple stages of knighthood, the first was a page, the second a squire, finally a knight. You would be a page from ages 7 to 14, they would be a
the moat thats what the gate house was used for. In the gatehouse there was a drawbridge and a portcullis a drawbridge was a giant wood
servant for a knight doing thing like serving meals and cleaning his clothes, and carrying messages. they would also learn manners and behave
door that had a hinge to bring it up and down, a portcullis was a metal grating that would slide up and down to keep enemies out. If that was penetrated then
properly. The page would also train to fight using wooden weapons. At the age of 15 a page would become a squire, they
they retreated to the inner keep as a last resort. Early castles were made mainly of wood. But these early castle would rot because it was
would take care of the knights horses, clean his armor and equipment, and accompany him to the battlefield. They would start training with real weapons
wood and was very easy to burn, and not very sturdy either. Kings gave plots of land and a castle their Vassals/Barons. Most castles walls were very
and they would be a squire for about 5 or 6 more years.
thick between 8 and 20 feet. There were also towers on the castle they were used for
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people keep look outside the castle walls
Leaders There were many types of leaders in the middle ages the top leader was a King, a King had Vassals (lords), and those lords had vassals too
(knight who could become a lord) controlled the serfs and peasants with the lords. Serfs traded loyalty and work for protection with lords. there was also something like it in the church the top instead of a king was a pope the pope (the head of the church) controlled cardinals those controlled archbishops they controlled bishops.
Works Cited "About Castles." About Castles. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. New York: Hyperion For Children, 2002. Print. "Famous People in Medieval Times." Famous Medieval People. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. Gravett, Christopher. Knight: Eyewitness Books. Alfred A. Knopf.: n.p., n.d. Print. Hibbert, Clare. Look around a Medieval Castle. Mankato, MN: Arcturus, 2008. Print. "Leaders of Middle Ages." Leaders of Middle Ages. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. "Middle Ages." For Kids: Becoming a Medieval Knight. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015. "Parts of a Castle ." Parts of a Castle. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
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Lexicon Organizer
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Choose 20 words from your bookmark that BEST REFLECT the historical time period in which your book takes place. ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!
Word
Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)
Definition
Sentence from book & Page #
(in context with the story)
1. agape
adjective
mouth wide open, especially with surprise
Just beneath the balcony, a stone carving of a lion, its jagged mouth agape. pg. 235
2. clergy
noun
the body of all people ordained for religious duties
Clergy to pray. pg. 101
3. denounce
verb
declare to be wrong
And if you said I spoke them, i’d denounce you as a li and a heretic. pg. 100
4. din
noun
a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.
Just the din that burst upon my ears was beyond belie pg. 146
5. dismissively
adjective
dismissal or rejection
Bear waved his hand dismissively pg. 92
6. disquiet
noun
a feeling of anxiety or worry.
To see so many added to my disquiet pg. 139
7. heretic
noun
someone who speaks against the church
And if you said I spoke them, i’d denounce you as a lia and a heretic. pg. 100
8. hue
noun
a color or shade.
a hue and cry had been raised against me. pg. 22
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Lexicon Organizer
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Choose 20 words from your bookmark that BEST REFLECT the historical time period in which your book takes place. ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!!
. irate
adjective
feeling or characterized by great anger.
Just to see him made irate. pg. 141
0. kin
noun
Family
“no other kin?” pg. 94
1. King Edward
noun
the King of england
“Then you had better to wait till King Edward dies,” pg. 183
2. notions
noun
belief about something.
I struggled to put the two notions together, but could n pg. 101
3. The plague
noun
a disease that killed off most of europe's population
(often called the plague) pg. 11
4. saint
noun
a person acknowledged as holy “May the blessed saint Margaret care for her in Heave or virtuous pg. 93
5. thee
pronoun
archaic or dialect form of you, as the singular object of a verb or preposition.
“As I greet thee with my song” pg. 125
6. thou
pronoun
second person singular pronoun
“Thou art the Queen of paradise” pg. 126
7. trestle
noun
a framework consisting of a horizontal beam supported by two pairs of sloping legs,
Trestle tables and benches, more than I had ever see one place, stood beneath a low beamed ceiling. pg. 150
8. unto
preposition
archaic term for to.
“Who graciously listens unto me” pg. 125
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Lexicon Organizer
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Choose 20 words from your bookmark that BEST REFLECT the historical time period in which your book takes place. ORGANIZE the words in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!! 19. vexed
adjective
difficult and much debated;; problematic.
But what vexed me most was his saying every man should be master of himself. pg. 101
20. wayward
adjective
difficult to predict
“Some rich lady, in search of a wayward husband” pg. 140
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