Middle Ages of Europe

By: Mrs. Sanders’ 6th

Becoming a Castles Clothing Knights &
Knight their Armor

Weapons Medieval Knights of Jousts &

Monks the Round Tournaments
Table
Cathedrals The Monks &
Crusades Nuns
• A boy starts on his way
to knighthood at about
the age of seven or eight.
• This young trainee was
known as a page.
• Pages practiced fighting
with a sword against a
wooden stak or pell to
develop muscles needed in
becoming a strong knight.
 Becoming A Knight
Jesse and Stephen
• You have to be the between
the ages eighteen and twenty.
• The next morning you would
be dressed in symbolically
colored clothes red (for his
blood), white (for purity), &
brown (for the return to earth
when he died).
• A tap on each shoulder would
crown him a knight.
 Castles
Kara and Haley
• The structures were
surrounded by a moat, a ditch
filled with water.
• The gatehouse was the living
quarters of the guards over the
main gate of the castle.
• The portcullis was a heavy
gate made of wood and iron,
which could be dropped down
to close off the gatehouse.
Castles
Matthew B. and Branden
• The walls of a castle could be
as thick as 30ft!!!
• The walls of a castle have
small slits in them called
arrow loops for men to shoot
arrows through.
• Round walls made each part
of the castle harder to hit, and
they gradually get thicker.
Clothing of the Middle Ages
Josie and Andrea

• Most women and

men wore tunics.

• Children only wore

rags mostly from the
adults old clothes
and never had shoes
to wear.

• Monks and old men

wore tunics to the
ground.
 Knights and their Armor
Jon-Jon and William

• The suits took 5 years

to make.
• The armor was hand-
made by artisans and
craftsmen.
• It took an hour to put
on the suit of armor.
 Knights and their Armor
Niky and Kristi

• In the 12th century, the

knights used an armor
called mail.
• When the armor was
complete it weighted about
20 or 30 pounds and that
was only the chest, arms,
and back.
• These suits lasted until the
15th century and then they
started making full body
suits our of plate armor.
• The two-handed
sword was a very
large sword with
visions of the
ordinary sword.
• The battle-axes
were on a yard
handle, and swung
with both hands.
• The cross bows
 Weapons
Randy
• Warriors used all
kinds of weapons.
• The smallest
weapon was a
dagger.
• Knights used
lances during
jousting
tournaments.
• A double-handed
sword was used
Medieval Monks
Cory and Jared

• Monks were men who

devoted their lives to the
service of God.
• The chapel house is were
monks go to speak to
pardons.
• They did not talk at
dinner;instead they made
signals to each other for
talking.
Monks and Nuns
Britt and Matthew J.
• Some monks wore shirts made of
hair as undershirts,to purposely
scratch their skin and constantly
remind them of the suffering that
Jesus had done.
• There is a special type of haircut
required of monks in some
churches.
• It is called Tonsure,and it leaves a
ring of hair around the head to
represent the crown of thorns that
Jesus wore.
• Jousting reached its
height as a
spectator sport in
the 13th century.
• Knights met at a
combined speed of
60 mph.
• 2 teams of knights
would fight a mock
battle, called a
Jousts and Tournaments
Lucas and Austin

• In a joust, knights could show

off their skills without other
contestants getting in the
way.
• A knight could score points if
he broke his opponent’s lance
on your shield.
• Special armor was developed
for jousting to increase
protection.
~In the middle ages,the main purpose for a
cathedral was religion.
~The bells in the tower often signaled beginnings
of services or served as a clock to tell time.
~Stained glass windows, statues, and paintings
were picture Bibles for those who couldn’t
read.
 The Crusades
Kendall, Darren, and Christopher

• During the Middle Ages,

many Christians went as
pilgrims to Jerusalem and
other Bible lands.
• By November 1095 Pope
Urban II preached a sermon
calling on faithful Christians
to journey to the Holy Land
on a crusade against the
Turks.
• The Turks were driven from
much of the Holy Land and
a new kingdom of
Jerusalem known as
Outremer, was set up.
Monks and Nuns
Stephanie and Madison

• Monks lived alone, but

met in a common
chapel.

• Monks went to
monastery churches
eight times a day.

• The life of a monk or

nun was full of prayer,
physical work, and
prayer.
Knights of the Round Table
Jessie B. and Ashley B.

• The Knights of the Round

Table were the most famous
knights ever.
• King Arthur’s charge to the
knights was meant to make
them promise to always to do
good and never do evil.
• Their bravery, honor, and
dignity should be an example
for all of us to behave even in
today’s times.
Thank you!
Thank you to all the
students for helping
me create this
presentation. Some
taught me a lot
about making a Power
Point, and in turn I
taught others how to
use PowerPoint.---
Mrs. Sanders
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