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Question | Answer |
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what periode was the middle agers in | 500A.D to 1500 A.D |
When were the dark agers | Between 500A.D and 1000A.D |
When were the High middle agers | Between 1000A.D and 1300 A.D |
When were the late middle agers | Between 1300A.D and 1500A.D |
When did the the medieval era begin and where | It began in England after the fall of Rome |
When did the Feudal System come in | it came to England in 1066 with the Battle of Hastings |
when did the anglo saxons from Germany start to invade | they started in in 400A.D and in 700A.D they conquered. |
Where did William the Conqueror come from | he came from Normandy and fought the Saxons in the Battle of Hastings |
What did William the conqueror do after defeating Harold and William | he marched into England and made himself the king |
What did William do to the people who didn't knie him as their king | He made orders telling them what they could and couldn't do |
who created the Doomsday Book? | William made the book so he could see who owned what land and how wealthy the kingdom was. |
what did william do with the book | with the information inside William could see who had power in england and who owed him taxes |
what as the Bayeux Tapestry used for | it was used by historians to track the norman conquest |
where is it kept | it is kept in england and you can still go and see it today. |
What did the Feudal system create | it created the basic social structure |
order of the feudal system from the king down | king, lords, knight and peasants |
King | the king liked being entertained by jesters and they were at the top of the pyramid and they had all the power |
knights | were to offer loyalty and service to the king and in return they had the kings support |
peasants | worked on the manor |
who had what | the king would give a bit of land to the peasants and thats what they would have to work on |
first stage of being a knight | a page was the first step to becoming a knight |
how old do you have to be to become a page | you had to be 7 years old to become a page |
the second stage to becoming and knight | a squire was the second step when becoming and knight |
how old would you have to be to become a squire | you had to be 14 to become a squire |
squire | if you were successful as a page you would then become a squire |
what do you have to do as a squire | as a squire you would assist your knight in battle and your training would become a lot harder |
becoming a knight | at about the age of 20 you would become a knight |
proving that you can be a knight | to becoming a knight you would have to prove that you are ready by either proving yourself in a battle or his lord would think that he was worthy enough to become one |
what did knights do | knights fought in battle for their king and country |
what would you do between battles | knights would compete in tournaments and jousting to practice their skills |
how many peasants | peasants were the majority of the population |
where did peasants work | peasants worked on the kings land and they had to pay taxes for living on it |
peasants would be punished for | they would be punished for breaking the rules that were set by the lord |
peasants clothing | peasants had dull and plain and inexpensive clothing |
peasants food | peasants would only have one meal a day and they enjoyed dancing and teaching their children how to play the lyre |
who lived in castles | kings and ladies lived in castles as well as the people who worked for the lord |
what were castles useful for | castles were useful because they were a good defense against enemies and a military base |
what did castles have | castles had a moat around them with a drawbridge they also had the great wall that was used for banquets, meetings and entertaining |
the gatehouse | the gate house was a home for the soldiers |
what was the dungeon | the dungeon was the lowest part of the castle |
order od castles | the motte and bailey was the first castle, then the stone keep castles and finally the concentric castles |
ways to attack a castle | mining, battering ram, ballista, catapult, ladder, siege warfare, fire arrows, breaking down defenses, poisoning the water supply and cutting off the food supply |
what did knights wear | knights were chainmail and armour that was heavy |
shields | shields became an essential part of warfare as arrows became more popular |
catholic church | the church was central to the lives of people in medieval Europe |
who was the head of the church | the pope was the head of the church who lived in Rome |
what was the church for | church dominated the lives and lifestyle of medieval England. the church chose the feast day, holy days, sabbath days and festivals |
after death | the medieval people worried about where their souls would go after they die they feared of going to hell |
believing everything the church said | because all most everyone couldn't read they would believe everything the church figures told them |
what did people fear the most with the church | they feared that they would be excommunication from the church (banned from the church) |
what lead to excommunication | crimes against the church |
when were women married | women were married at the age of 14 and where to have as many babies as possible |
what did the women do | the role of a women was the feed her husband and to keep the house as well as looking after the children |
boys with wealthier families | boys had the opportunity to be educated if you had a wealthier family |
houses | the houses were made from mud brick with a thatched roof and they had 1 or 2 rooms and in winter the animals would be brought into the house |
witchcraft | witchcraft was considered a crime against god and laws were created to criminalise it by the church |
punishment of witchcraft | the punishment of witchcraft was trial by ordeal. most accused by witchcraft would be bured at the stake |
wise women | village wise woman specialized in herb lore and gave plants, herbs and charms to heal the sick. these wise women were often first to be trialled as witches |
believing god would protect the innocent | there was no jury in medieval Europe and they believed that god would protect the innocent, |
main form of punishment | the main form of punishment was trial by ordeal |
the accused would have to face | they would have to face an ordeal and if they survived they would be considered innocent. the ordeal for the poor included trial by fire or water |
trial for the noble class | trial by combat was reserved for the nobles. where one person would challenge another noble to duel to the death or until one gives in |
other forms of punishment | included the socks, scolds bridle, the rack punishment for treason= hung, drawn and quartered |
who were the crusaders | the crusaders were a series of wars there were fought between the christians and muslims over space, jerusalem where jesus died |
the crusaders brought new things like | new medicines, tools, drugs to stop paon, medicines, gunpowder and other luxury goods come to England's shores |
what was the most common medicine | herb lore was the most common which was made by the villages wise women |
what other things were used in medicines | worms and insects |
what were leeches used for | they were used to bleed out illness |
what were surgeons called | they were call butchers |
hygiene | was poor and epidemics often broke out killing many. |
the plague | was known to be considered the worst killing millions |
knowledge | there was very little knowledge of illness at this point in history with little knowledge of illness, anatomy and all medicine was based on church teachings |
new era of medicine | after the plague an interest peaked in anatomy and a new era of medicine evolved |