Post by Briar Crawford on Aug 14, 2024 22:06:37 GMT
- About how the rich liked to have banquet halls in the garden or on the roof vm.tiktok.com/ZMFjgA6GG/
- This is a book review, but it does talk about the different colours of armour that were worn, and how shiny (white) armour was less common than people tend to think. youtu.be/h62QrY39U8w
- This one is about how the church used care for elderly (of middle-class) for a fee, and later it became hospitals youtu.be/qqD2M8mCnvI
- What happens when you visit a medieval inn? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHwRX-_PqHE
Making manuscripts:
- Paint: youtu.be/TaIlRuDGhlg
- Pigments: youtu.be/iIf-9s5Lvos
- Pages: youtu.be/aEPpURAIsW4
- Oak Gall Ink: youtu.be/y7k4-wj8mZ8
- Quills youtu.be/ocnhYzKLeHU
- Making Miniatures: youtu.be/IRArbjBmreI
Classes:
- Europeana: a online archive and museum of the history of Europe. Examples:
- The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/the-art-of-reading-in-the-middle-ages
- Among knights and troubadours: www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/the-art-of-reading-in-the-middle-ages/among-knights-and-troubadours
- The pastime of the people: www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/the-art-of-reading-in-the-middle-ages/the-pastime-of-the-people
- Reading medieval coins: www.europeana.eu/en/blog/reading-medieval-coins
- Female literacy in the Middle Ages: www.europeana.eu/en/galleries/9271-female-literacy-in-the-middle-ages
- Arthurian Literature: www.europeana.eu/en/blog/arthurian-literature-foundation-for-a-common-history-in-europe
- A Medieval Guide to Love: www.europeana.eu/en/blog/the-romance-of-the-rose-a-medieval-guide-to-love
- Values from the Middle Ages: www.europeana.eu/en/blog/the-knights-code
Food:
- Tavern Pottage: youtu.be/iG0lgnrGHv0?feature=shared
Lighting:
- Torches: Indoor Use youtu.be/HQZqbGME5HY?feature=shared
- Torches: Outdoor Use youtu.be/jiuHr5YVJBI?feature=shared
- Basically, it’s a candle holder with a hook and a spike. The spike is for hammering into wood or something so you can light an area. youtu.be/_JTSLGGojHk?si=Gh-zXsjNn87hURMM
Terms:
Parts of a Castle from:
"Life in a Medieval Castle" by Joseph and Frances Gies (1974)
- Allure: wall-walk, passage behind the parapet of a castle wall
- Bailey: courtyard
- Barbican: An outwork of forward extention of a castle gateway
- Cat: Assult tower
- Chemise: Inner walled enclosure of a castle
- Corbel: a stone or timber bracket supporting a projection from a wall
- Crenelation: a notched battlement made of alternating crenels (openings) and merlons (square saw-teeth)
- Donjon or Keep: the inner stronghold of a castle
- Drawbridge: a wooden bridge leading to a gateway, capable of being raised or lowered
- Escalate: scaling of a castle wall
- Forebuilding: a projection in front of a keep/donjon, containing the stairs ot the main entrance
- Garderobe: latrine
- Hall: Principal living quarters of a medieval castle or house
- Mechicolation: a projection in the battlements of a wall within openings through which missiles can be dropped
- Motte: An earthwork mound on which a castle was built
- Parapet: protective wall at the top of a fortification, around the outer side of the wall-walk
- Portcullis: vertical sliding wooden grille shod with iron suspended in front of a gateway, let down to protect the gate
- Postern/Sally port: Secondary gate or door
- Solar originally a room above ground level, but commonly applied to the great chamber or a private sitting room off the great hall.
- Ward: courtyard or bailey
War Engines/Weapons
from: "Life in a Medieval Castle" by Joseph and Frances Gies (1974)
- Ballista: Engine resembling a crossbow, used in hurling missiles or large arrows
- Mangonel: A form of catapult
- Ram: Battering-ram
- Springald: war engine of the catapult type, employing tension
- Trebuchet: war engine developed in the middle ages employing a counterpoise
Other Terms from:
"Life in a Medieval Castle" by Joseph and Frances Gies (1974)
- Earl Count. Highest English title in the middle ages.
- Eyre: English circuit court
- Fief, Fee, or Feud: land or revenue-producing property gained by a lord in return for a vassals service
- Manor: Estate held by a lord and farmed by tenants who owed him rents and services, and whose relations with him were governed by his manorial court
- Marcher Lord lord of a border district, such as the boundaries of Wales and Scotland
- Mesnie: military personnel of a castle household
- Quintain: Dummy with shield mounted on a post, used as a target in tilting
- Reeve: Manorial overseer, usually a villager elected by tenants of the manor
- Regalian: Royal
- Relief: a fine paid by the heir of a vassel to the lord for the privilage of succeeding to an estate
- Scrutage: shield-tax, a tax paid in lieu of military service
- Seneschal/Steward: manager of an estate or household
- Vassel: a person granted the use of land in return for homage, fealty, and military service
- Villein: a non-free man, owing heavy labor service to a lord, subject to his manorial court, bound to the land, and subject to certain feudal dues
- Woodward: a private forester
