Rules For Medieval Games

Here are the rules for the medieval games. They are also forms of entertainment.
This is info for our expo.

Jousting

* One rule is that the knights may play four courses, and four courses only. No more, no less.
*Rival parties will fight in groups.
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*Another rule is that there shall be four judges. Two for one team, and two for another.
*Only the squire will talk to the knight during the joust.
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*If another knight were to drop his lance, the other knight will not attack.
*Knocking your opponent off their horse ends the match.

Dueling

*Each side will send their champion, and the two will fight to the death.
(In this case, the two will fight until the other is down.)
* Any wound that affects the person badly (ex: striking a nerve) will end the duel immediately.
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*Multiple shields and weapons could be used.
*The people who fight may choose whatever weapon they would like.
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*Duels last until the opposing person is too weak.
*If any form of cheating happens, the cheater must apologize publicly.

Melee

*Melee involves two groups of people.
*The whole enemy team had to be defeated to win.
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*The aim is to overpower the opposing team.
*Teams have to be of equal numbers.
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*Another part of the aim is to ruin their "ranks" and attack.
*Melee is fought either by horseback or by foot.

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Medieval Games

Here is a list of medieval games. All of these originated in the medieval times. The rules and instructions on how to play are found here.
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Hide n' Seek

A person from a group of people is chosen to be "it." The others must hide around a specific area while "it" counts to a certain number. When they have finished counting up (or down) to that number, "it" will try and find the hiders. If the hidden are found, they must help "it" find the others or they must sit out.

Ring Around The Rosie

Ring Around The Rosie is also played with a group of people. The group of people hold hands in a circle and walk in the circle, chanting this song:

Ring around the rosy,
pocket full of posies,
ashes, ashes
we all fall down.

Falling down is optional.

Fishing

Fishing is simple and relaxing. All you need is a fishing rod, bait, and some patience.

See Saw

Using a see saw involved a cylinder-like object in the middle of a sturdy plank. Two people would sit on each ends of the plank and use their legs to propel each other upwards.

Horseshoe Throwing

To play this game, you must throw horseshoes around a particular object (often a nail).

Tug o' War

Tug o' war involved a rope and two opposing teams. Each team tries to pull the rope away from the other team. If a team manages to pull the rope from the opposing team, they win.

Tic Tac Toe

Tic tac toe is played by having a grid set up in front of two players. The two decide to either be "X" or "O." The goal of the game is to get your selected letter three times horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Jingling

Jinging is played by having a group of people. One person is chosen "it" and will not have a blindfold. Everyone else will have a blindfold. "It" will have jingle bells tied to them and everyone blindfolded will try to catch "It."

Swimming

Swimming is rather simple. All you need is a decently sized water-filled area and some skill.

Tag

To play tag, one person is chosen to be "it" from a group of people. After the person has been chosen, the other people in the group will have to run away from "it." If they are tagged by "it", they must either sit out or help tag the others.

Info credits:

http://www.lscacamp.org/portals/0/medieval%20games%20and%20recreation.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/duel/sfeature/rulesofdueling.html
http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/07/medieval-rules-jousting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tournament_(medieval)#Melee
http://www.scientiareview.org/pdfs/62.pdf
http://www.ancientfortresses.org/medieval-tournaments.htm

Vocab 2

Roman Catholic Church-

the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.

Pope-

the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.

Cardinal-

a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.

Archbishop-

a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.

Bishop-

a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.

Priest-

a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.

Monk-

a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Nun-

a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Clergy-

the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.

Cathedral-

the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.

Church-

a building for public Christian worship.

Monastery-

a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.

Mendicant-

begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

Friar-

Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.

Abbey-

a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.

Abbot-

a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.

Abbess-

a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.

Nunnery-

a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.

Sacraments-

a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.

Baptism-

a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.

Eucharist-

the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.

Confirmation-

the act of confirming.

Matrimony-

the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage

Holy Orders-

 the rite or sacrament of ordination.

Penance-

a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.

Extreme Unction-

anointing of the sick.

New Testament-

the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.

Definition Credits:
http://www.dictionary.com/

Plans and Interior

Here's a blueprint of the plans for a medieval abbey.

Image credits: http://www.historyfish.net/abbeys/abbeyparts/abbeyparts.html

This is the interior of a medieval church.

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichstephen/norwichstephen.htm

Medieval Images/Ideas

Here are ideas and images for the Minecraft building my
 group and I are making. Here are images and ideas for the group.

This is a picture of a medieval blacksmith shop. Image credits:

http://www.aircontrolindustries.com/blacksmith-forge/evolution-of-forge-fan/

This is a picture of medieval tannery. Image credit:

http://mittelzeit.blogspot.com/2014/06/leather-tanning-medieval-to-edwardian.html

This is a picture of a medieval cooperage. Image credit:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flbbm/heritage/cooper/barrelmaking.htm

This is a picture of a tailor shop. Sorry about the watermark. Image credit:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Quiringh-Gerritsz.-Van-Brekelenkam/Interior-Of-A-Tailor's-Shop-1653.html

This is a picture of a glover's shop. Image credit:

https://victortravelblog.com/2014/07/14/summer-solstice-celebration-gruyeres-switzerland/

This is a picture of a medieval carpenter's shop. Image credits:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Carl-Larsson/Carpenter-Shop.html

This is a picture of a medieval fuller's shop. Image credits:

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/autumn12/arms.cfm?showSite=mobile

This is a picture of a medieval bakery. Image credits:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/152278031123021785/

This is a picture of a medieval butcher's shop. Image credit:

https://centralvicmeatsblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/the-history-of-butchery/

This is a picture of a medieval mill. Image credit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_medieval_watermills

This is a picture of a medieval brewery. Image credits:

http://www.praguetoursdirect.com/tours-prague/medieval-brewery-tour-prague.htm

This is a picture of a medieval cobbler's shop. There were no detailed interior images, so I suppose this will do. I apologize. Image credits:

http://www.masterart.com/David-Teniers-Antwerp-1610-Brussels-1690-Cobbler-his-Workshop-PortalDefault.aspx?tabid=53&dealerID=5086&objectID=437220

This is a picture of a medieval barber shop. Image credits:

http://www.lookandlearn.com/history-images/M815818/Inside-a-Medieval-Barbers-Shop

This is a picture of a medieval wheelwright's shop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelwright

This is a picture of a medieval tinker's shop. Image credits:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/(after)-Mason,-Major-George-Henry/A-Tinker.html

This is a picture of a medieval potter's shop. Image credits:

http://www.glynnislessing.com/blog/?cat=14

Township Vocab

Here is a continuation of the vocab from my last post. This is a list of 30 words.

Town

a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.

Charter

a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.

Guild

an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.

Guild Hall

(in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.

Journeyman

a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.

Apprentice

a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

Merchant

a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.

Barter

to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.

Carpenter

a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.

Cobbler

a person who mends shoes.

Glover

a person who makes or sells gloves

Blacksmith

a person who forges objects of iron.

Tinker

an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler.

Potter

a person who makes pottery.

Cooper

a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.

Wheel right (wheeler)

a person or thing that wheels.

Tanner

a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.

Weaver

a person who weaves.

Baker

a person who bakes.

Butcher

a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.

Inn

a tavern.

Tavern

a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises.

Barber

a person whose occupation it is to cut and dress the hair of customers, especially men, and to shave or trim the beard.

Fuller

a person who fulls cloth.

Miller

a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.

Brewer

to make (beer, ale, etc.) by steeping, boiling, and fermenting malt and hops.

Stable

a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.

Craft Guild

an association of workers of the same trade for mutual benefit.

Merchant Guild

A merchant guild was a local association of merchants directed towards international and interlocal trade. Merchant guilds were very similar to craft guilds, but distinguished themselves in a few notable ways.

Wattle and daub

definition credits:

http://www.collective-action.info/subtypes-guilds-merchant-guilds

http://www.dictionary.com/

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=craft+guild

"Castle" Notes

This post is about the video "Castle".

  It is linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGbPShUpjpg

It is based on a book by the same name.

What you will see here are notes I have taken from the video and written on my worksheet.

Who were the people dependent upon?

The people were dependent on the lord at the manner.

Where did they choose to build? And why?

They chose to build at an outcrop of rock extending into the water. The reason why is because it served as natural self defense from enemies or intruders.

What was the first ring of the castle called?

The first ring of the castle was referred to as "the curtain wall".

How long will the walls be on the outer curtains?

The walls will be 300 feet on each side.

How thick was the inner curtain? How high?

The inner curtain was 12 feet thick, and 35 feet high. It was also lined with 50 feet high towers.

What's the center of the inner ward?

The living quarters are located in the inner ward's center.

How many entrances in the town hall? How are they protected?

There are 3 entrances in the town hall. They are protected with fortified gatehouses.

Why did people move to towns?

A call for work caused them to move.

What are the walls filled with?

The walls are filled with rubble.

How are the windows designed, starting from the bottom to the top of the towers?

At the bottom, there are small windows. In the living quarters, windows have glass placed in them. At the very top, there are windows that are slit-like. Archers shoot from the slit-like windows.

What are crenulations used for?

They are used for decoration and for archers to shoot enemies.

Why are the gate houses not lined up from the inner to the outer ward?

They are for enemies to potentially confuse themselves.

How are the tower levels divided?

They are divided by different levels.

What defenses are in a gate house?

In a gate house, the entrances can be blocked by strong wooden doors. Archers can attack from slit-like windows in the wall.

What are the buildings make from?

The buildings are made of stone cobble, sticks, straw, mud, and cow dung.

What live on the bottom floor of the barracks? The top?

Animals live at the bottom of the barracks, while the lord and his wife live on the top.

What is a garderobe?

A garderobe is a restroom.

Vocab

Vocab





     This assignment is part of a (rather large) project. My class and I are going to build a fiefdom by either doing it on Minecraft or building a mini model. The Minecraft building will have to be to scale, and the model will be a minimized model of a fiefdom. The fiefdom must have multiple buildings, such as a great hall, walls, kitchens, dungeons, etc.

Fiefdom

the estate or domain of a feudal lord.

Feudalism
the feudal system, or its principles and practices.

Monarch
a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.

Lord
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.

Vassal
(in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.

Knight
a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.

Peasant
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.

Commoner

a common person, as distinguished from one with rank, status, etc.

Serf
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.

Tradesman
a person engaged in trade.

Merchant
a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.

Castle
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.

Moat
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.

Guild
an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.

Abbey
a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.

High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages or High Medieval Period was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries (c. 1001–1300). The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500.

100 Year's War
The Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the Kingdom of France.

Black Death
a form of bubonic plague that spread over Europe in the 14th century and killed an estimated quarter of the population.

Credits for definitions:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Middle_Ages
http://www.dictionary.com/