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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.

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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 ​

MEDIEVAL

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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