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history at Key Stage 2
Starting with the dinosaurs and concluding with the Anglo-Saxons, this
rigorous and stimulating history course will develop analytical skills and
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n the countryside lived Pan ,a goat-like creature who frightened lonely
travellers (and gave us the word panic). But most important of all were the
gods and goddesses who were thought to live on Mount Olympus, the
highest mountain in Greece. Their king was Zeus. His brother, Poseidon,
was god of the sea,and another brother, Hades,ruled the gloomy kingdom
under the earth where the souls of the dead went.
The gods of Olympus
The Greeks didn’t think that their gods were good and fair and perfect.
Gods had all the good and bad points that humans had but magnified a
hundred times. Zeus often lost his temper and hurled thunderbolts at
anyone who upset him. His wife Hera could be cruel and jealous. Once,
when Zeus was chasing a girl called Leda,Hera changed her into a swan.
Zeus,quick as a flash,changed himself into a swan too. Later,Leda laid an
egg and,when it hatched,out came two boys and two girls. The boys we
know as Gemini, theTwins,one of the signs of the Zodiac. The girls were
Helen, later famous as Helen ofTroy,and Clytemnestra who became the
wife ofAgamemnon, leader of the expedition toTroy.
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The names of the best known gods are listed here.
The gods and godesses of Greece
Greek Name Description
Zeus ruler of the gods
Hera queen of the gods
Poseidon god of the sea
Hades god of the underworld
Athene goddess of wisdom and the arts
Artemis goddess of hunting and the moon
Apollo god of music,archery and the sun
Aphrodite goddess of love and beauty
Ares god of war
Dionysus god of wine
Hephaestus god of fire and metalwork
Demeter goddess of the harvest
Hermes messenger of the gods
Myths
Hades and Persephone in the Underworld
A myth is a story which was told
to explain things which people at
the time would not have
understood. For example,why do
we have summer and winter? The
Greeks believed that there had
been a GoldenAge when the
weather had always been warm
and sunny and fruit and cereals
grew all the year round. Demeter,
the goddess of plants and trees,
had a daughter, Persephone,who
was kidnapped while she was
playing with her friends.
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H.E. Marshall’s famous history books are light-hearted and accessible, covering the
highs and lows of British history in a manner sure to delight and engage all children.
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Before we move on to find out what happened after the death of
Edward III, we are now going to step back and look at life in the
Middle Ages. What was it like to be alive at that time? We will start
with the building that perhaps more than anything else sums up this
period of history: the castle.
●●Castles
Castles have always been seen as part of
the landscape of the Middle Ages. Most
people think of a castle as a great stone
building, the home of a king, with banners
flying as mounted knights thunder across
the wooden drawbridge to the sound of
trumpets. But is this really what castles
were like? And why were they actually
built?
Earlycastles
As you learnt in Chapter 2, the first castles
were not built of stone at all. In 1066,
the Norman invaders needed quick and
ready bases from which to control a hostile
England, and so constructed the motte
and bailey castles, made of earthworks and
wood. These provided a home for groups
of mounted men who could ride out and
keep control of the local Saxon population.
They were also the high-security residences
of Norman barons and were carefully
positioned to control key places such
as river crossings or towns. Their great
weaknesses, however, were rot and fire and
they did not last much more than twenty
years. ●■The tower keep atRochesterCastle
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Castles
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When motte and bailey castles fell
into disrepair, their owners were usually
prepared to build more permanent
structures. For example, wooden palisades
or walls could be replaced by stone curtain
walls ; and the motte could have a shell
keep placed on top, or be replaced with a
tower keep.
Howtoattackanddefendcastles
During medieval times, most wars were
not fought with lots of big battles, but
consisted instead of a succession of sieges
to capture castles and fortified towns. New
ways of attacking castles and town walls were
developed, and new defences were invented
to counter these attacks.
As you might expect, the simplest way to
take a castle was to go through the doorway
or gate. Consequently, defenders developed
a whole series of ways to make doing this as
difficult as possible.
Here are some of the things that they
built; can you work out how they made
defending the entrance easier?
Portcullis
Doors
Murderholes
Moat
Drawbar
Arrow slits
Drawbridge
●■An artist’s impressionof the entrance to a fourteenth-century castle
●■The shell keep atTamworthCastle
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