Chapter 6: Life And Death In Medieval Times

Question 1

Feudalism

Answer 1

Rulers divided land among their followers in reture for loyalty and taxes

Question 2

Bailff

Answer 2

Responsible for collecting taxes and keeping law and order

Question 3

Farming

Answer 3

They practised crop rotation

Question 4

Fallow

Answer 4

Farm land empty for one year so that the soil could recover its’s nutrients

Question 5

Tithe

Answer 5

A tenth of their income to the local priest

Question 6

Freemen

Answer 6

They had to pay a tithe and they could marry and leave the manor as they wished

Question 7

Serf

Answer 7

They essientially belonged to the lord, they worked 6 days a week and could not leave the manor or marry without the lords permission

Question 8

Motte

Answer 8

A small artificial hill

Question 9

Becoming a knight

Answer 9

Becoming a page at 7
Squire at 14
Knight at 21

Question 10

Oath of chivalry

Answer 10

To stay loyal to his lord, protect the poor and weak and be brave in battle

Question 11

Charter

Answer 11

A contract from the king where the town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but had to pay taxes to the king.

Question 12

Guilds

Answer 12

Organisation of people who worked in the same trade

Question 13

Becoming a monk

Answer 13

A boy could become a monk at 15. He learned latin and had to follow strict rules. He then swore his solemn vows. He then shaved the crown of his head.

Question 14

Friars

Answer 14

Monks traveling around the countryside or set up friaries in towns

Question 15

The impact of the Black Death

Answer 15

The feudal system declined.

Peasants were given more land and a reduction in taxes because there were fewer them to do work

The failure to find a cure for the Black Death. Meant that doctors began to question their practises

Many people people began to lose faith in Christianity because they prayed for him and he did not answer their prayers

Question 16

Peasants

Answer 16

The people who worked on a lords land. Serfs were the property of the lord and had very few rights. Freemen had more freedom, but still had to pay rent, taxes and tithes

Question 17

Open field system

Answer 17

The system of farming where peasants were each given strips of land to farm in large fields

Question 18

The commons

Answer 18

A large field on the manor where the peasants’ animals grazed

Question 19

Masterpiece

Answer 19

A piece of work presented to the guild to judge if someone was good enough to become a master craftsmen.

Question 20

Christendom

Answer 20

The ‘kingdom of Christ’, referring to Europe

Question 21

Rule of St Benedict

Answer 21

The strict set of rules that monks lived by