'Knights and Castles is a nonfiction companion book to the book The Knight at Dawn. It was written by Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne and published in 2000.
Sections[]
It has 10 sections
- The Middle Ages
- This section describes Castles, their constructions, lord,s manors, and overall structure of the fuedal system.
- The Age of Castles
- This section discussed materials
- It also described the process to be a master craftsman.
- Protecting the Castle
- Section described the manner in which it was protected
- A sentry is one who protected the castle
- Moats
- Keeps
- Castle Life
- Nobility often married young, often arragnge by cople's parents.
- Staff worked
- tunic is popular clotihng
- Great hall included festivites
- Festivals and Fairs
- Festivals included religious festivals and trade fairs
- Marketdays and trade fairs occurred once a week.Merchants sold their items.
- trad fairs happened once or twice. Minstrels came and sang.
- Knights
- Minstrels told stories of heroes and their advcentures.
- section described process
- Armor
- Weapons
- Battle and Sieges
- The end of the Middle Ages
- 500 years the middle ages lasted