Table of contents

Knights pg 1

Plague pg 2

Vikings pg 3

Castles pg 4

Siege weapons pg 5

peasants pg 6

Citation page pg 7

Knights

-The knights protected farmers and peasants

-Knights where first and most importantly warriors

-Knights fought in battles that were historical moments

-Knights started training when they were seven

The plague

-The plague wiped out town and killed everyone

-The plague has two names the plague or the black death

-The plague filled villages with dead or dying victims

-You could survive the plague but the chances where low

Vikings

-The Vikings were a smart, creative, artistic, democratic people

-Vikings ruled parts of Europe for over 600 years

-vikings believed in magical charms

-When a major battle was planned vikings gathered 2,000 or more men

Castles

-Initially they were designed to hold down conquered territory

-They were also impressive symbols of the power and wealth of their owners

-The walls where very thick anywhere between 8 and 20 feet

-One of the best ways a tower was pulled down was undermining an enemy soldier would dig under the castle and dig up once they where under the castle

Siege weapons

-The Ballista looked like a giant crossbow that shot giant arrows

-The catapult shot giant rocks

-A Trebuchet was like a catapult but it used weight to help it fire

-The battering ram was a giant stick with a metal ram head at the front and it destroyed castle gates

Peasants/serfs

-The middle ages was between 500 and 1500 CE it was the age of feudalism and manors, of lords, ladies, knights, serfs, and peasants

-There was a huge difference between peasants and serfs

-Serfs could not be bought and sold they could not leave their land without permission

-Peasants where sort of free sometimes they could own a business or a small piece of land

Citation page

https://knightsandarmor.com/chivalry/

http://www.historyforkids.net/the-vikings.html

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/aboutcastles.htm

http://www.lordsandladies.org/trebuchet.htm

https://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/commoners.html

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/plague

www.themiddleages.net/plague.html