Did you Know?
The screwdriver was invented for bolting plates of armor around the knights!
The Merry-Go-Round was invented to train knights in jousting!
A knight's armor weiged between 50 to 100 pounds, depending on the suit!
Did you Know?
The screwdriver was invented for bolting plates of armor around the knights!
The Merry-Go-Round was invented to train knights in jousting!
A knight's armor weiged between 50 to 100 pounds, depending on the suit!
How did people go to the bathroom in Medieval times?
**Some nobles went in the woods…this was the proper thing to do
**History tells us others were more crude:
Some kings went wherever he happened to be when nature called
Some noblewomen may just go in mid-conversation
**Facilities existed in certain places:
Large blocks of concrete provided privacy and motes outside of the castle
Peasants had a bowl, in which they emptied in a town hole
**In town:
Toss your matter out of the window; "watch out below"
Eventually cities hired clean-up crews to dispose of the waste
Feudal System--military and political sytem based on family and loyalty
Kings/Queens
Barons/Bishops
Knights/Lords
Peasants
Myths Expelled
Every man did not where tights
The Church played a huge part in people's life: it was becoming very corrupt at the time
Believed disease came from sins of the soul
Used potions to heal the sick; surgery was last result
Robin Hood--Little evidence suggests that Robin Hood really existed. Some people believe a man named William DeVane was Robin but again, no one knows for sure. Most historians believe Robin was just a legend in a song of the time and tales have grown.
