| A | B |
|---|
| privy | bathroom |
| bethrothed | engaged |
| Perkin | goatboy |
| Rollo | Catherine's father |
| Morwenna | Catherine's nurse |
| trebuchet | throws dead horses |
| siege tower | can hold 200 men |
| battering ram | knocks down walls |
| vespers | prayers |
| blacksmiths | make horseshoes |
| jesters | tell jokes and juggle |
| heralds | blow horns to announce the king |
| minstrels | sing and play instruments |
| loopholes | narrow openings in castle |
| blacksmiths | make weapons out of iron |
| rushes | straw on the floor of the castle |
| Peppercorn | a dog |
| Aelis | Catherine's friend |
| George | fought in the Crusades |
| Edward | studying to become a monk |
| Robert | he has big yellow horse teeth |
| trebuchet | hurls prisoners' heads |
| dungeon | place where prisoners were kept |
| archers | soldiers who used bows and arrows |
| moat | body of water surrounding a castle |
| Medieval Period | The Middle Ages |
| Monarch | another name for a king or queen |
| Squire | He is a personal servant to a knight. |
| Page | He learns to ride horses. |
| Squire | He gets his own sword. |
| Page | He learns to handle hawks. |
| Accolade | The ceremony for becoming a knight |
| Knight | He gets his own suit of armor. |
| Squire | He is about 14 years old. |
| Page | He is about 7 years old. |
| Lance | A long pointed METAL pole |
| Pompinjay | George gave Catherine this bird. |
