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The Middle Ages (What were the Middle Ages? (Who were the Normans? (The…

- - - - The king owned all the land
      - The granted land to bishops and barons. They promised to fight for the king and provide him with knights
      - Bishops and barons granted land to knights. The knights promised to fight for their lords and obey them
      - The knights gave land to the peasants who worked some days for the lord in order to pay their rent
- - - - A motte was a mound of each on which a timber fence and a keep (or tower) were built
      - A bailey was a courtyard attached to the mote
    - - The timber castles rotted so all that is left is the mound (motte)
      - Knockgraffon motte, near Cahrr, Co. Tipperary
  - - - Trim Castle, Co. Meath
      - Carrickfergus castle, Co. Antrim
    - - Curtain wall
      - Moat
      - Battlments
      - Towers (turrets)
      - Drawbridge
      - Potcullis
      - Outer bailey
      - Inner bailey
      - Keep
      - Workshop
      - Stables
  - - - Was the village and the land around it. The knight kept some oft the land for their own private use - this was called the demesne
      - . The land around the village was divided into three large open fields peasants were given land in each field and the land was divided into strips
  - - - Bunrathy castles, Co. Clare
      - Blamey castle, Co. Cork
      - Ross castle, Co. Kerry
  - - - Norman
        
        Athenry
        
        Galway
        
        Athlone
        
        Nenegh
      - Viking
        
        Cork
        
        Dublin
        
        Waterford
        
        Limerick
- - - - round arches
      - square towers
      - thick walls
      - thick pillars
    - - Cormac's Chapel, Cashel, Co, Tipperary
  - - - Spires
      - Buttresses
      - Flying buttresses
      - Rose windows
      - Lancet windows
    - - Christ Church Cathedral Dublin
      - St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
      - At. Canice's Cathedral Kilkenny
  - - - A church
      - A refectory
      - A dormitory
      - A chapter house
      - A scriptorium
      - A cloister
    - - Mellifort, Co. louth
      - Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny
      - Holy Cross, Co Tipperary