medievil times

stone castles

draw bridge and portcullis

merlons (go up) and crennelations

machiolations drop oil and other

other defensive features of a castle

marrow windows to shoot fom

the stairs were round so it was hard to fight

the risers were different heights so you trip

attacking castles

throw rocks in moat for brige

rope ladders on oder side to scale

siege towers were used when they got across the moat

battering ram on the door

trebuchet catapults

all on one part of a wall

they shot a plague vicitim or diseased animal

flaming arrows

the life of lord of the castle

rented land to the knights

who fought for him

peasants worked for him

balifs collected rent