Wednesday, May 18, 2011

What weapons and punishments were in the castle?

        Some peoples punishments were getting your head cut off and put on a pike that sounds like it was scary. Some other punishments were you get put in a pillory. You could also get put in a pillory for your fingers. Another punishment was you could get hung. Also there was a punishment called duck which is were you sit in a chair and you get put under water until you drown. I wouldn't want to do that.

    The weapons guards used to defend the castles were long bows and cross bows. They also had fire pots which they would drop on intruders to burn and kill them. May I say ouch. The castle had slits in the wall where guards would shoot people through. The people who made the slits must have been smart. 

1 comment:

  1. Wow those were some harsh punishments!! I would not like to live in that time! What are pillory's??? What is a pike???

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