Days of Knights and Damsels: An Activity Guide

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Medieval What's That Huzzah That s how people said Hooray in Europe long ago It was in the days of knights and queens castles and cottages We call it the Middle Ages or the medieval time For us today huzzah is a funny word It sounds a lot like fuzz SAW The word medieval is pronounced meed evil The years were between 480 and 1500 A D It was a time span of about a thousand years and ended when Columbus and other explorers traveled to the rest of the world Europe was made up of many small countries and kingdoms then The people lived under the rule of a king and queen or lord and lady who owned the land Kings and queens tried to rule more land by taking over their neighbors kingdoms through war During that time people depended on one another for many things Those who worked the peasants fed those who fought the knights and those who prayed the monks The fighters protected the king dom and the monks prayed for all The days of knights and castles were long ago yet we still find them interesting We can look at their books and paintings and see that their customs and beliefs were the beginnings of our own People who traveled to the New World brought many customs