Discover recipes from the Middle Ages
Click on a recipe in the History Cookbook section, or for more information click on "Find out more" under Medieval Food Facts on the right.

Meet a castle builder and find out about his life
Click on the links along the top of the page to find out about the builder's day and food, etc. To find out about other people, click on the other two medieval characters at the bottom of the page.

See how a huge catapult called a trebuchet works

Activities and quizzes

Websites to visit

Dress a knight in armour, then label all the parts

Try a quiz about jousting
Enter the site, then click on "Activities".

Print out and design your own coat of arms
Scroll down and click on "Download PDF".

Play an online game and find out about knights' helmets

Print out and shade in pictures of castles and knights

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About this book

Starting point history
What were castles for?

Find out who built castles, what a joust was and what knights did in this illustrated look at medieval life. Every page is full of fascinating facts about the Middle Ages, from grand feasts to how people survived sieges. Contents and index pages are included, plus internet links to take readers to specially selected websites to find out more.

See the other books in this series.

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