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these  burnt  through  they  of  course
                               collapsed  and  the  waU  overhead
                               fell,  thus  causing a brtsch through
                              which  the  attackers  entered  the
                               fortress.
                              Motte and BaiJey - The name given
                               to the early type of  castle just  prior
                               to  and  immediately  after  the  Nor-  Pavilion  - A  gaily  decorated  and
                               man  conquest.  Consisted  of  a  srnall  highly  coloured  tent  used  by  a
                              hill,  sometimes  natural  and  some-  Knight  at  a  tournament  in  which
                               Cimes  man  made,  on  to  which  a  to  put  on his  amour and  to await
                              stout  wooden  structure  was  built.  his  summons  to  fight.
                              The  whole  of  the  motte  was  sur-
                               rounded  by  a  deep  ditch  which  Poitiers,  Battle  of  - One  of  the
                              became  the forerunner  of  the moat.  Black  Princes'  great  victories  in
                                                                France  in  which,  with  only  6,000
                                                                men,  he  defeated  a  vastly  superior
                                                                French  army  numbering  some
                                                                50,000 soldiers. The principal  attri-
                                                                bute  of  the  English  army  was  its
                                                                strict  cornpliance  with  orders  and
                                                                its discipline  throughout,  which  has
                                                                been  the means of bringing about a
                                                                French  defeat  on  so  many  occa-
                                                                sions.
                              Odo - Bishop  of  Bayeaux  and  half
                              brother  to William  the Conquerer.
                                                                PortcuIlis - A  strong grating.  simi-
                                Though  he  was  made  a  Bishop  lar  in  design  to  a farmer's  harrow,
                               at  approximately  15  years  old  his  constructed  of  heavy wood and shod
                               rnind  was  filled  with  other  than  with  metal,  which  slid  down  in
                              church  matters.  He was jmprisoned  grooves  to  close  a castle gateway,
                              by  William  1  for  his  pride  and
                               tyranny  and  was  later  banished  by  Posteni - A small back gateway fre-
                               William  II. He  Cook  an  extremely  quently  found  in  a  castle.  It  was
                               active part in the battle of  Hastings  designed  as  a  rneans  of  exit  which
                               in  which  he  used  a  mace  as  his  would  probably  be  unknown  to  a
                               weapon  thus  salving  his  conscience  besieging  force  and  through  which
                               in  that  a  churchman  rnust  never  a messenger could  be  sent.
                               shed  blood,  the  mace  being  looked
                               upon  as a bruising weapon  only,
                               Open  Conrse  - A  joust  between
                              Knights  run  in  the  open  with  no
                               barrier  between.  Sometime  calleci           R
                              Free  Course.
                              Outremer - Literally meaning ' over  Richard  1.  1189-1199  - Richard
                              seas ',  a  general  narne  frequentIy  Coeur-de-Lion.  GeneraUy  looked
                               used  to  cover  the  territories  in  upon  as one of  the most glamorous
                              whjch  the  crusades  took  place.   of  England's  Kings.  He  was  un-
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