A manor was often a village with a castle and a church.

Peasants were the richest landowners.

Many women made their own clothes by weaving and spinning cloth.

Clothes of richer ladies were more colourful than those of poor women.

All medieval houses had glass windows.

Doctors cured ill people with plants and herbs.

The first castles were made of stone.

Castles were always built near rivers.

Only lords and noblemen lived in castles.

Monks were well-educated people of the Middle Ages.

Many kings and queens were crowned and buried in cathedrals.

Gothic cathedrals were round and had low towers and arches.

A page was a knight's servant and went to war with him.

The smallest weapon of the Middle Ages was the sword.