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How much do you know about the castle?
This questionnaire is designed to sum up the basic and important facts about the
castle. It is should be completed after the guided tour so that the students can recall
what they just heard during their visit.
On the timeline below, place these three important dates in William’s
life and write down what they stand for :
�1027 : William is born in Falaise, from Duke Robert the Magnificent and Arlette.
�1066 : William is king of England following his victory at the battle of Hastings.
�1087 : William dies near Rouen from abdominal injuries following a successful
siege against the king of France.
1050 1100 1000 1200 1150
The Great Keep is the oldest part. Do you remember when it was built? Place
the date on the timeline, along with the name of its builder : Henry I Beauclerc,
William’s own son.
� Introduction
1027 1066 1087
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How much do you know about the
castle?
� The Great Keep
What does the Great
Keep look like from the
outside ?
Draw a picture of it in-
side the box.
So as to make it a typi-
cal Anglo-Norman
keep, here are items
that you can depict :
• An entrance at the
first floor
• Large bay windows
• Flat buttresses
along the walls
• A forebuilding
Do you know other examples of keeps like this one in England? Name
two:
1 The Tower of London (built by William in 1078, using imported Caen stone)
2 Norwich Castle (Norfolk, built during the same period as the Great Keep of
Falaise - 1120 - by the same king, Henry I Beauclerc), Castle Rising Castle
(Norfolk, built in about 1150 by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel),
Rochester Castle (Kent, built in 1127 by William of Corbeil, the Bishop of Can-
terbury to whom Henry I had granted the estate).
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How much do you know about the
castle?
� Inside the Great Keep
The living quarters are located on the first floor. Why is
that ? The access is more difficult this way, so the keep is better protected.
There are three rooms at this level,
which is typical of keeps of this period.
Fill in the boxes and circles
with the numbers of the rooms.
AULA
.1.
CAMERA
.2.
CAPELLA
.3.
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This is the public area, where noblemen
exercised their official duties and where
banquets took place.
.1.
This is where the religious services took
place. It was restricted to the king, duke,
baron or lord, hence its size.
.3.
This a place of rest and privacy, fit for
the comfort needed by a royal-ducal
court. .2.
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How much do you know about the
castle?
� The Lower Halls
This is the room
that you saw at
the end of the
tour.
It is located at
ground level.
It is a dark
room, with a
cool tempera-
ture.
What was it
used for?
Mainly for
storage : food,
drink, clothes,
weapons etc.
You saw a large circular hole in the floor of this
room. This hole was actually a tank built to collect
rain water. Name three possible uses for this fresh
water : 1 Rinse out meat that was kept in salt
2 Put out fires
3 Boil and use as a defensive weapon
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How much do you know about the
castle?
� The Lower Keep
The Lower Keep was built by a rich and famous king, Henry II
Plantagenet, circa 1150, during Normandy’s golden age. This place
was thought of as a luxury-class royal residence.
Can you remember 2 items that
made this place very pleasant to
live in ?
1 A luxury chimney fitted with brick
2 Bay-windows fitted with stone-
benches.
Did you know...? A century before, a small
group of Norman mercenaries
had travelled down to Italy and
Sicily. By the time this keep
was built, they had created a
whole Norman kingdom there,
which remains are still visible
today.
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You have the last word:
As you saw during your tour, there are many parts of the castle that were
missing and that we sometimes restored in a modern way. What materials
did you see? What did you think of it ? Would you have done it differently?
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How much do you know about the
castle?
� Inside the Round Tower
Do you remember who built it ?
The French king Philip-Augustus in 1207
Why is it round ? There are no blind angles (no corners) and a circular structure is more resistant against missiles.
Remember what you saw at the top of
the tower. What did strike you up
there?
There were holes showing the foot of
the tower
Why was the top designed this way?
(circle the right answers)
1 - Its design was considered « cool »
at the time.
2 - You could watch over the base
of the tower, in case of an at-
tack
3 - You could shoot arrows or drop
rocks on the enemy below.
4 - You could hang out clothes to dry
from there.