Term Papers on Ned Kelly- Castles

Term Paper Title	Ned Kelly- Castles
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Ned Kelly- Castles

This is a brief paragraph or two on each of the major siege
weapons. For the not just the besiegers but also the
defenders. Please note most of these weapons were not
used alone and often had many different versions of the
same weapon. KNIGHT At age seven a son of a noble
family was sent to a nobleman or lord, often who was a
relative. Here he was a page and taught how to ride a
horse, and his manners. At the age of fourteen he was
apprenticed to a knight. As the squire to the knight he
would take care of his horse, help him put the knights
armor on and keep it clean. In turn he was taught how to
use a bow, carve meat, and other knightly skills. The squire
would have to go into battle with the knight to help him
when he was wounded or unhorsed. If the squire was
successful he would be knighted at the age of 21. When
there wasn't a war going on knight would have to practice,
practice, and practice some more. They would wrestle,
fight with blunt swords, do acrobatics, and also do sports
like javelin and putting which is throwing a heavy stone as
far as you can. Experienced knights would participate in
tournaments held by the king. The winner would usually just
get bragging rights and sometimes a sum of money. The
most common event was jousting. Jousting is a sport where
to fully armored knights ride at each other on horses while
aiming a long wooden lance at the each other. With speeds
reaching 60 miles per hour sometimes there could be fatal
accidents. If the person was knocked off the other was
victorious. CATAPULTS The catapult, was invented by
the Romans, and plays a large role in the siege of any
castle. Besiegers could fire 100-200 pound stones up to
1,000 feet. The catapult was used to destroy buildings and
walls inside and outside of the castle walls, it could also
destroy an enemies moral by throwing severed heads of
comrades, they could spread disease by throwing shit and
dead animals in, and they could destroy wooden building
by throwing bundles of fire in. Earlier models just used a
large weight on one end of a pivoting arm. The arm was
pulled back the missile was placed and then let go. The
weight went down the arm went up and good-bye missile.
Another later model gained its power from a tightly wound
skein of rope, hair, and skin. the skeins were twisted
incredibly tight and then had a wooden arm up to sixty feet
long placed in between them. The arm was pulled back
using pulleys and rope the missile was placed in the wood
cup and then the arm was released. The arm sprang to a 90
degree angle where it was stopped by a large padded
piece of wood. The arm was then brought back down
again and fired again. CROSSBOW The crossbow is an
incredibly powerful weapon in the arsenal of any army. A
well aimed shot could kill a person even if they were
wearing armor! It did however take a long time to reload
this made it and ideal weapon for defenders of a castle.
While reloading defenders could hide behind battlements
where they wouldn't get shot. Sometimes a crossbowmen
would have an assistant to reload while they were aiming
another crossbow. Besiegers after a while built small
movable shields where bowmen could reload. The
crossbow gaine...

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