Castle horses

http://www.redbubble.com/people/dawndavies/art/1487156-3-blaise-castles-knight

Why did people have horses around a castle?

Turn and tell a friend:

What do you think horses were used for around a castle?

Entertainment

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/picturethis/2012275302_palio.html

Horse races!

This knight is spearing a ring tossed into the air!

http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/recent/2003-04/horses/medieval_horse_show.htm

This is one of the games that knights and horses would play at a tournament to entertain the royalty.

Traveling…

http://www.medievalwalltapestry.com/knightandlady.html

Without cars, horses helped people travel long distances.

Work…

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/horseplow.html

The castle Marshall was in charge of taking care of the

castle’s horses.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/95vuP6XZvkw7VI9zphfncA

How do people care

for horses? The

marshall had a large staff of squires who took care of the horses. What kind of jobs to you think they needed to do?

http://www.ruralsports.co.uk/caring-for-your-horse.html

http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-keeping/default-2111.aspx

http://justindupont.com/pictures/index.htm

http://www.mommyandmepetcare.com/petsitting.htm

What kind of supplies did people need to ride horses?

http://nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/DingosBreakfastClub/BioMech/BioMechSeatHistory.html

Saddles helped people ride more comfortably.

Sometimes they were plain, but lords’ saddles were very fancy.

http://www.wassonartistry.com/show.php?id=jousting

Marshalls put suits of armor on horses to protect them in battle.

http://medieval.stormthecastle.com/medieval-horse-armor.htm

http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/medieval-armours.htm

Sometimes horses were dressed in very fancy garments - especially if the rider had a lot of money or the horse was going to be in a show to entertain people.

http://nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/DingosBreakfastClub/BioMech/BioMechSeatHistory.html

Visualize…

We’re in the castle’s stable. What does it look like around us? Turn and tell a friend something you see.

What kind of clothes are we wearing when we take care of the horses?

What kind of sounds do we hear in the stable?