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Lord + Lady of a Medieval Castle, Keep - Coggle Diagram
Lord + Lady of a Medieval Castle
Lord
Education
Most lords couldn't read or write
Priests did it for them
Priests acted as schoolmasters to boys until they were 7 years old
Becoming a knight was considered more useful
Food
Two meals a day
Dinner
At noon
Supper
At 4pm
Rich people ate a lot of meat
Feast
Important people sat on the top
Food was put on wooden plates or trenchers (big slices of bread)
Cut meat with knives and ate with hands
Drank wine or ale
Lady
Clothes
Women wore long dresses
Made of Wool
Made of silk
Headdress was called a wimple
Noblewoman
Was in an arranged marriadge
Parents gave a dowry to her to-be husband
Most noblewoman could not read or write
What did they learn?
Spinning
Needlework
Music
Weaving
Embroidery
Noblewoman could use herbs to cure illnesses
Was in charge of the castle when the lord was away
The role of most women were to have children and be married
Keep
Floors
Top floor
Lord's private apartments
Solar
Chapel
Lower Floor
Storerooms
For food and drink
Dungeons
To hold enemies captured in war
Middle Floor
Where the great hall is located
Where everyone ate
Where he gave commands to soldiers
Where he collected taxes and rents from peasants
Had a narrow spiral staircase that circled to the right
It circled to the right because most people held a spear in their right hand which made it easier to fight
Where the lord and his family lived