History
Knights and Castles
Did castles really pour boiling oil on attackers? Separate medieval fact from myth about knights, sieges and castle life.
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10 - Length
About 7 min
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- Castle spiral staircases always turned clockwise to hinder attackers.
- About how much did a complete suit of 15th-century field armour weigh?
- Which purposes did medieval castles commonly serve? Select all that apply.
- What was often the simplest way to force a strong castle to surrender?
- Boiling oil was the standard liquid poured from castles during a siege.
- What was a castle toilet commonly called?
- Put these broad English castle trends in order, earliest first.
- Were all medieval knights free-born nobles?
- What was the central aim in a medieval joust?
- How deep were the two medieval cesspits found at Old Sarum castle?