Medieval Castle Vocabulary
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Castle construction started to fade by the 15th-16th centuries, but existing Castles did not necessarily all fall out of use. use. of out fall all necessarily not did Castles existing but centuries, 15th-16th the by fade to started construction Castle In the 13th Century, defensive features were added to existing Castles, like towers, gateways, and curtain walls. walls. curtain and gateways, towers, like Castles, existing to added were features defensive Century, 13th the In The Golden age of Medieval Castle is considered to be the 12th Century. Century. 12th the be to considered is Castle Medieval of age Golden The www.roadtripsaroundtheworld.com The first Keep or Donjon built from stones, appeared in the 10th century. This is the great tower and usually the most strongly defended point of a Castle. a of point defended strongly most the usually and tower great the is This century. 10th the in appeared stones, from built Donjon or Keep first The Early Castles were often wooden constructions guarded by a palisade and tower. tower. and palisade a by guarded constructions wooden often were Castles Early A Castle is the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. Often built on an a motte, an earthen mound with a flat top, or a prominent rock formation. rock prominent a or top, flat a with mound earthen an motte, a an on built Often noble. or lord a of residence fortified private the is Castle A of European Castles Castles European of Visit my blog to see wonderful pictures pictures wonderful see to blog my Visit of Medieval Castles Medieval of VOCABULARY the Golden age age Golden the Love Castles? Castles? Love 12th Century: Century: 12th CASTLE CASTLE 1650 to 1790 AD 1790 to 1650 Rococo Architecture Rococo MEDIEVAL MEDIEVAL 1890 to 1914 AD 1914 to 1890 AD 1450 to 1100 1600 to 1830 AD 1830 to 1600 and Ottonian styles Ottonian and Art Nouveau Nouveau Art Architecture Gothic Baroque Architecture Baroque for Road Trips Around The World The Around Trips Road for Merovingian, Carolingian Carolingian Merovingian, Period: 500 to 800 AD. 800 to 500 Period: Designed by Miss Coco Miss by Designed 1730 to 1925 AD 1925 to 1730 Pre Romanesque Romanesque Pre 1400 to 1600 AD 1600 to 1400 800 to 1200 AD 1200 to 800 AD 565 to 527 Architecture Renaissance Architecture Renaissance Romanesque Period Romanesque architecture Roman Neoclassicism in in Neoclassicism 2,000 1,900 1,800 1,700 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,200 1,100 1,000 900 800 700 600 400 300 200 100 500 GUIDE Renaissance Roman Empire Roman MINI POCKET POCKET MINI Modern times Modern Middle Ages / Medieval period Medieval / Ages Middle ARCHITECTURAL STYLES TIMELINE STYLES ARCHITECTURAL Staircases were often curved very narrowly and in a clockwise direction. This meant that any attackers coming up the stairs had their sword hands (right Keep or Donjon hand) against the interior curve of the wall and this made it very difficult for them to swing their swords. Defenders had their sword hands on the outside Corps de logis or great hall wall, which meant they had more room to swing. Oriel window Women’s appartments A corbel or console is a structural piece of stone. Watchtower Chapel It often has a plain appearance, but can also be carved with stylised heads of humans, animals or imaginary beasts. Well Outhouse You can see lots of them in Castles, A machicolation is a floor opening between often hanging from walls, where they the supporting corbels of a battlement, supported the beams of a ceiling which Chemin de ronde, through which stones, or other objects, has since collapsed. Main Bailey could be dropped on attackers at the base Allure or Walk-Walk of a defensive wall. An oriel window is a form of bay window Lower Bailey Bartizan (Echaugette) which projects from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. These could be used as small chapels, as Gatehouse or Corbel no one was allowed to live above God. Gardhouse Moat An arrow slit is a thin vertical aperture Portcullis through which archers were launching Covered Battlement arrows. It is alternatively referred to as an arrow loop, loop hole, or archere, and Flanking tower sometimes a balistraria. Arrow slits come Curtain Wall in a remarkable variety. A common form is A merlon is the solid upright section of a the cross. Another common form is the thin Arrow slit Barbican battlement or crenellated parapet in medieval vertical opening with a round hole at the architecture. bottom which enabled canons to be fired. Battelment with crenels Machicolation Drawbridge The space between two merlons is called a crenel, and a succession of merlons and crenels is a crenellation..