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Stone Castles
Questions about the stone castles that were built in the 11th century just after the motte and bailey castles. The stone castles still exist today.
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A MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE IS:
Motte: A motte is french for a clod of earth. The castle is built on this. Bailey: A bailey is attached to the clod of earth, via some steps and is where the soldiers of the castle sleep, like a small cottage. The castle is made out of wood and has a keep. A keep is like the lookout of a ship, but a lookout for attackers on the horizon. It is usually the safest place in the castle.
How did castles change over the centuries?
over the years castles have changed from being made of wood , for its light weight , to stone for its sturdiness. castles have changed because of both advances in technology and the fact of the enemy's getting smarter and able to defeat the new castles after their advances. the shapes of the castles have also changed to . for example on the motte and bailey castles the shape of the keep changed from being a square shape to being a round shape . this changed because the corners on the square allowed less viewing , making it a circle allowed the people inside to view from all angles, being able to watch out for the enemy's. although the shape was good on the motte and bailey castles, the material was not very good as wood could be burnt and broken easily. they needed to find a new material that could overcome the enemy's effort's.
this is when stone castles came into use. the stone was good as it could not be burnt or broken easily, but they would have to change the shape of the castle as the workers would not be able to haul the large stones up the mound of earth on the motte and bailey castles.
castle development went in this order:
motte and bailey castles
stone keep castles
concentric castles
quadrangular castles
Why were square stone castles built?
Stone keep castles were built because it wasn't going to burn or rot like Motte and Bailey castles would. Also, it would keep it the castle standing for a long amount of time.Because the Motte and Bailey castles would just burn the stone keep castles were a brilliant idea. They lasted longer, they were better defence though the only down side was that they took a lot longer to build. The wooden Motte and Bailey castles only took a week or two but the stone castles would take months.
Square keep castle are quite strong castles, as for this they built lots of them for defence the stronger the castle the better defence because square castles have round towers in each corner the pressure spreads every where and not in one place so the castle does not collapse.
How are the guest bedroom and the main bedroom laid out in the castle?
The castle or keep didn't have bedrooms or guest rooms. There was a great room where at one end was a fireplace that provided some heat. The room was used for everything including sleeping by the people living there. In the middle ages there was very little privacy.
It was built on a hill, and then houses were built around it, the castle was built there to protect the village around it.
How do i make a fence on the motte and bailey castle?
There are 3 ways to attack any castle: Siege: you surround it and wait for the defenders to run out of food. Direct attack: Either by ramming the doorway or breaking a wall by artillery or undermining. Assault: A siege tower or scaling ladders over the wall. Or of course a combination of the above. But what a castle is, by and large, is a defensive fortification, its very design & location is there to make any attack as difficult as possible and keep its inhabitants safe from enemy attack. you can also defend a motte and bailey castle by staying on the high ground and rationing your food. people got very scared and frightened of these attacks and when that happened they killed themselves.And that's it.
How were motte and bailey castles improved?
Motte and Bailey castles could have been improved by making them bigger and stronger. In fact, they did improve Motte and Bailey castles to make them bigger and stronger. To make them stronger, they made them out of stone. These castles were called Stone Keep castles (Stone castles). Also, they were much bigger. Stone Keep castles still stand today because stone doesn't rot within a few years but will last for centuries. None of the Motte and Bailey castles still stand today because they were made out of wood and would have rotted within a few years.
they would rot because wood is crap
Are stone keep castles Medieval?
Top floor :-
Areas of the Lord's family and guests.
Lord's family sleeping quarters.
2nd :-
The Great Hall
Dinning Hall
Ground :-
Guard Room
Chapel
Underground :-
Dungeon
Storeroom
Cellar
More Dungeons
Somewhere in the castle :-
Spiral Staircase
Small, long windows
Medieval lords built castles for themselves, families, staff and to provide a secure haven in a time of need such as a seige\attack by an enemy.
They eventually became large enough to hold an entire small community in a war.
How were castles defended in Medieval Times?
castles were attacked with fire (when they were wood) they were also attacked by trunks of trees with had the branches and leaves taken off. They would also have arrows set a light that they would fire at the castle and would have dead body parts off the enemies body shot at the castle too.
The manner of attack is as many and varied as there are castles. Most attacks on castles were specific to the particular castle and surrounding land. However, generally speaking, most attacks began with the laying of siege. That is, attacking forces surrounded the castle as completely as possible, keeping those inside where they were. The purpose of this was attrition. Those inside the castle could keep only so much food, and so many armaments, and without an adequate clean water supply, a defended position would not be able to last more than a week or so. When attackers determined that defenders had been softened a bit by the siege, they might attack with catapults, trebuchet, and ballista, essentially ancient artillery. Some of these artillery pieces could launch projectiles of a hundred pounds or more, and repeated pounding by projectiles often breached walls and other defenses. On occasion other projectiles were launched into cities, for psychological as well as tactical purposes. Still other cities were poisoned.
In 256 AD, Persian troops attacking the Roman fort Dura-Europos in modern day Syria dug under the walls. When Roman troops discovered the attempt to breach the perimeter, they began digging in the opposite direction, only to spring the Persian trap. The troops of Shapur I of Persia engaged in the first known chemical weapons attack by burning sulfur and bitumen and pumping the fumes by bellows into the tunnel. When Roman soldiers dug through into the Persian tunnel, they were overcome by the fumes and died, allowing the besieging army to take the fort. Mongol, Turk, and even Tsarist Russian armies launched plague ridden corpses into cities they laid to siege. The result was often a new wave of the disease that typically spread well beyond the city being attacked.
As a rule, walled positions such as castles were rarely attacked directly. Doing so typically proved to be a strategic mistake. One of the best examples of this type of error is the 2nd Battle of Fort Wagner. Fought in South Carolina 18 July 1863 during the American Civil War, by the end of the battle, nearly every Union commander had died along with more than 1,500 troops, while the defending Confederates lost only 174.
Their supplies were cut off in a few-month long siege. Diggers tunneled under the wall. People broke through the wall. Dead bodies were flung into the castle to cause disease. Least often (almost never) ladders were used to climb over the wall. Timber castles were burned down.
you could use a battering ram to knock down the door. You could use a Siege tower to fire arrows or jump onto the castle , lastly you could dig underneath the castle and let the castle fall down.
They would often isolate the castle, then attempt to starve them out with a long siege. They could also use weapons such as trebuchets or catapults, or crossbows and longbows. They could try to mine the castle, which means they would dig under it to try and knock down the walls.
their are lots of way attacking castle like
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The most common method of attacking any castle was the siege - a war of attrition, the attackers would seek to cut off the fortification from the outside world, hoping that starvation and disease would force the defenders into a surrender without a shot needing to be fired. Indeed, for some of the most highly evolved castles their defenses were so strong that this might have been the only type of attack that had a significant chance of victory.
Numerous weapons of war were constructed to combat the fortifications of castles, however. Simple catapults were often used to hurl boulders at the walls with the intention of knocking them down by brute force, and more evolved catapults such as trebuchets continued this tradition.
Assaulting a castle at close-range was often extremely dangerous, but when attempted it was common for battering rams to be used, either to force open the doors where possible, or even try to weaken the structure of the walls. Ladders were risky ways of trying to climb over the top of the castle walls to assault the defenders directly. Eventually such devices as siege towers came into play - simply, these were large wooden towers, often covered with leather to protect against arrows, which were moved into position next to the walls of the castle so that attackers could climb up the ladders inside in safety.
More complicated methods of attack included sapping, whereby a tunnel would be dug directly under the walls of the tower so as to cause them to become unstable and collapse. Moats deterred many of these methods of attack, and it was a risky endeavour indeed to try and fill them in.
Ultimately, the cannon became the ultimate weapon to use against castles. The age of gunpowder effectively killed the castle.
they probobly used catapults and many bowmen! I guess it also depends on where the castle is, eg: on a hill or in the middle of a lake.
What period was motte and bailey castle built?
The first Motte and Bailey Castle was built at Mont Glonme on the River Loire in France in 990 - so the Normans were used to using the castle to dominate their tenants under the feudal system. The Normans also brought feudalism to England. Prior to the Norman invasion in 1066 led by William the Conqueror there were hardly any castles in England and the ones that did exist were built by Norman lords who were friends of King Edward the Confessor.
In what time period were Stone Keep Castles built?
Stone or square keep castles were first built in Medieval England by William the Conqueror. Stone keep castles were the natural extension of motte and bailey castles. Motte and bailey castles were only temporary features (though many mottes exist to this day) while stone keep castles were built to last. (this was copyed and pasted off the website below.)
Go to www.historylearningsite.co.uk/stone_keep_castles.htm for more information.
How did they defend castles in the middle ages?
in the middle ages castles defended themselves with curtain walls and a moat. the curtain walls were basically layered walls which made it allot harder for he attacker to infiltrate the castle. the moat was a thick river surrounding the castle. attackers found this hard to cross.
Who lives in Edinburgh Castle?
The castle has sheltered many Scottish monarchs. They include Queen Margaret (later St Margaret), who died here in 1093, and Mary Queen of Scots, who gave birth to James VI in the Royal Palacein 1566.
Her great-great-great grandson Charles Edward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie - captured Edinburgh but was unable to take the castle during the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising.
In 1996, the Stone of Destiny, on which kings were enthroned for centuries, was returned to Scotland. It is now displayed in the Crown Room.
Rashtrapati bhawan is made with which stone?
The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, located in New Delhi, Delhi, India. it was the former residence of the Viceroy of India during the British regime. The dominant feature of the building is its central dome, which is said to be inspired by the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi. The building completed in 1929, was scheduled to be constructed in four years but it took 17 years to complete it. The building is built in two shades of sandstone.
Medieval Japanese castles compared to European castles?
Similar: Made of stone?
Used to keep attackers out
Japanese: Only allowed one castle
used muskets to protect the castle
used bows and arrows to protect the castle
only used a castle during wars
European:No restrictions on amount of castles
flung small rocks out of catapults at attackers
Flung dung and human heads at attackers
used castles all of the time
By:Jacob Steele
Where were stone keep castles built?
William the Conqueror first built stone keep castles to show that he is not scared of the British
Why were concentric castles built?
Concentric Castle are big in size. They not easy to attack by other empires who want to take you over. Concentric Castle were also good because they were made out of stone. Stone is flameproof and doesn't rot like Motte and Bailey castles.
What is another word for a medieval clerk?
There really isn't one since there were no clerks in this time. People grew and sold what they grew or made. The items went to the manor or local market.
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There were clerks in the Medieval period. They did much the same job as today, checked material costs, wages, and kept accounts usually for nobility. For proof of this look no further than Chaucer's "Clerk's Tale" from the Canterbury Tales.
Clerk was the common word used although I've seen the name clark used.
The disadvantages of motte and bailey castles?
The walls of motte and bailey castles were simple wooden palisades. They could be burned, scaled, or broken through much more easily than the more substantial and taller walls of stone castles. Motte and bailey castles did not last very long, as their walls rotted rather quickly. Also, motte and bailey castles were really more military camps than anything else, so they nearly never had any comfortable living quarters.
A labeled diagram of a stone castle?
A labeled castle must have:
- a throne room
- chamber
- dungeon
- private chamber
- lords hall
- storage celler
- draw bridge
- turret chamber
to be a castle
Why did the motte and bailey castle need to develop?
Because the castle kept decaying and crumbling away and they had to make it stronger so it could store money and important documents.
Why do castles have a drawbridge?
A drawbridge was used by the people of a castle or walled city to prevent outsiders from getting in. The design purpose of the drawbridge was for military defense, so enemies could not even get to the gates. Drawbridges were raised in some places during the Black Plague, effectively putting the area within the walls under siege until the plague passed. In a few places where the plague had not already got in, this was an effective way to protect the inhabitants.
What was the difference between dark ages castles and medieval castles?
The Dark Ages are the 500 or so years after the fall of the West Roman Empire. Dates used for this time are usually 476 to 1066 or something like that. It is a term that has gone out of fashion in much of the world, though it is still used in the UK. People who use the term Dark Ages often date the Middle Ages as starting with the end of the Dark Ages and lasting until 1485, when the Wars of the Roses ended.
The term Middle Ages is used by other people as a name of the whole period, usually with the dates 476 to 1453. These people use the term Early Middle Ages for the Dark Ages of 476 to 1000, High Middle ages for the period from 1000 to 1300, and Late Middle Ages for the period from 1300 to 1453.
Personally, I think neither the terms Dark Ages and Early Middle Ages is very useful. The time from 400 to 700 was the Age of Migration, characterized in Western Europe by a series of invasions by migrating peoples, often very destructive, who eventually settled down and went through a series of issues that had to be addressed as they established kingdoms with well functioning laws and customs. The later time, from 700 to 1000, included the Carolingian Renaissance, the Macedonian Renaissance, and the Ottonian Renaissance, times of great political, social, and cultural development. These two times were more different from each other than the later was from the High Middle Ages, I believe, and if the Middle Ages are to be subdivided, that should be taken into account.
