What is a catapult used to attack castles called?

Question

This is for key stage history and is about castles around 1066

Answer 1

A trebuchet threw large rocks designed to knock castle walls down. Mangonels threw lots of smaller rocks to kill those hiding behind the walls and damage any parts of the castle not made out of stone.

Answer 2

It was called the trebuchet. It was an incredibly powerful and dangerous weapon which threw heavy projectiles at a target. I can't remember the exact details, but I recall reading how Edward Longshanks used a trebuchet while besieging a Scottish castle. The Scottish castle surrendered, but Longshanks refused their surrender simply because he wanted to try his trebuchet out on the castle walls and occupants.

Answer 3

Around 1066 I'm not sure the trebuchet was developed yet. They had smaller catapaults, but I think the trebuchet was from later times. I'd guess the answer would be simply catapault and/or ballista.

Answer 4

There were two sorts of catapult, one a long range slingshot type weapon called a trebuchet, (see it at www.warwickcastle.co.uk) and a smaller mobile one called a ballista which was like a big crossbow.

Answer 5

Trebuchet.

Answer 6

Whose history? There were varying styles of catapults in use all over the world around that time.

Answer 7

Trebuchet.

Answer 8

The term catapult was derived from the Greek word "katapultos".

http://www.midrealm.org/mkyouth/links/catapults.htm

Answer 9

It's called a trebuchet.

Answer 10

A trebuchet.