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Who lived or worked in a castle?

It took alot of people to help keep the castle going as smooth as possible. Many people had to be involved. Some of the people that lived in the castle were the King, Queen, Knight, Baron, Prince, Princess Cook, Messnager, Bishop, Jester, and Slave.

The king and queen were the royal family in the castle. They loved inside it and were the rulers. The prince and princess were the sons and daughters were the children of the king and queen. he knight is the protecter of the castle. He did all the deeds for the king and protected everyone in the castle. The cook cooked all the food in the castle. Anything you wanted he served it right there for you! imangine that anything you wanted he cooked personally for you! the messanger recieved and sent th messages all around the castle ans the city. Such a hard job that must of been ehh? I could never remember all of that. The bishop wasd the preist or the relegous leader. The jester was the entertainer. While you were enjoying your meal the jester would come around dressed silly and dancing around tring to make you laugh! Just make sure the milk doesnt come out your nose! And last but not least the slave. the slave was like a personal servant for the royal family. Angthing they needed the slave would get it for them right on the spot!

Most famous castle?

The most famous castle was the Castle Neuschuanstein. It was built in 1886 after  the king Ludwig II dies. It it the most famous castle known world wide. Every year about 1.3 billion people visit. And over the summer about 6,ooo people visit. Construction began in 1869.The castle was supposed to take 3 years until the king died in 1886.

The castle includes 14 finished rooms, a garden around the castle walls, and even an artificial cave! The king was fit with his very own two story thrown room, to hold all of his belongings. This castle actually influenced Walt-Disney to make their Magic Kingdom. To reach the castle you can walk, take a subway, or take a lovely horse ride.

How are Castles Made?

It took ALOT of work to build a castle. Many people had to be involved to pull it off. Some of the people who worked on the castles were stonemasons. There were three masons; the mastermasson, the freemason, and the roughmasson. The mastermasson was a highly paid foreigner who was in charge of the building of the castle. The freemasson were under the master masons they could cut freestone into ANY shape that was needed. Under the freemasson was the roughmasson they prepared and cut the stones for complex work. Another worker as a blacksmith, he made and worked with anything made out of metal.

Tools weren't very complex, they were simple. Some tools they used were a ginlet.It made small holes in the wood for nails to go into. Another tool was a carpenters brace, it was very simple abut got the job done! To help cut the wood they had a carpenters adze. It was very much like an ax but the blase was turned to the side to cross the handle. They also had brushes which were simply just bundles of hair tied to a wooden handle.

Castle walls had to be able to hold up. To make the walls waterproof, the workers made walls from a mix of clay, animal dung, and horse hair. Oh goodness could you imagine the smell of that when it rained? P.U! The shingles on the roof were made from split oak logs into thin, flat rectangles called shingles. They were cheap and light weight but large shingles had to be replaced more often because the rotted faster than regular wood.

ABORT! ABORT! Someone is Attacking the Castle!

How did the fight begin? The fight didn't officially begin until the attacking forces fired their weapons at the opposing army. Both sides claimed to be having only a fair war, pssh. YEA RIGHT! Both sides called in a battleship bishop to bless both sides before the war fully began. Could you imagine having to call someone every time you and you siblings got in a fight? I know my family  would sure have them on speed dial! The armies had many types of weapons, such as; crossbows, they were the most powerful weapon and the main weapon of defense. Fighters also had firepots, they were pots filled with flaming liquids, such as tar, and caught fire to anything that it touched.

Fighting often consisted of fighters on foot and fighters in the castle. For fighters on the castle they had something called a gun port. It was a hole in many parts of the wall to help protect the fighters as they were shooting. Another thing that helped them to stay safe is a horing. It was a wall that solders could extend out to drop firepots, water, or to shoot at the enemies below. for solders on foot they used a manlet, it was a portable wall that solders could roll around with them to protect them while on foot.

You are probably wondering yea well you talked about shooting at the castles and how the fight started but what about going underground to attack. Well they had a way to keep that from happening! They had burning tar above any place that miners could come up to attack the castle. They also had a way to detect the minors. people inside the castle would put bowls of water on the floor, if the water vibrated then that meant minors were digging under the castle floors. they also had slip-aways. They were hooks with an open slit on the outside to make sure ladders could attach.