Medieval Ages/middle Ages Flashcards
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What was the role of the guild in a medieval town?
In every large town in Europe during the Middle Ages, working men of each trade were members of associations called craft guilds. Guilds regulated their occupations and preserved a monopoly.
Name two defensive features of a Norman castle.
Here’s a handy list of the main features of a Norman castle: Motte: This is a large mound or hill with the keep on the top. Keep: The Lord and his family would live here. The steep sides to make it difficult to attack.
Explain TWO of the following terms from the Middle Ages: ; Curfew; Pillory
Curfew: a law that required all fires in towns to be put out by a certain designated time. Pillory: a place with holes for securing the head and hands where people accused of crimes were punished.
Explain one way that soldiers might have tried to capture a castle during the Middle Ages.
The attackers might use huge catapults or battering rams or a kind of giant crossbow called an arbalest. They climbed scaling ladders (special ladders they could throw up and hook on to the walls), holding their shields over their heads while the defenders dropped rocks or poured boiling oil on them.
State two dangers faced by people who lived in medieval towns.
• spread of disease
•medieval towns were noisy, smelly, crowded, and often unsafe. Pickpockets and thieves were always on the lookout for travelers with money in their pouches. Towns were especially dangerous at night, because there were no streetlights.
In a medieval monastery what was a cloister?
The cloister was an important part of a medieval monastery - it was where the monks would have meditated, studied and exercised. In many monasteries, manuscripts were written in or around the cloister – one of their advantages was that they were roofed but provided ample light.
Why were spices so important in the Middle Ages?
• preservation of food
•reduces food rotten smell
What were the three stages of becoming a knight?
page, squire, and knight.
What was Chivalry?
Chivalry first developed as a code of honor that emphasized bravery, loyalty, and generosity for knights at war in the 11th and 12th centuries.
Name two stages in the training of a medieval craftsman
Stage 1: Apprentice. This was the first step in learning a trade. …
Stage 2: Journeyman. Once you had finished your apprenticeship you could earn money. …
In a medieval monastery what was an Almoner?
Almoner - officer of a monastery entrusted with dispensing alms to the poor and sick.
Explain two of the following terms: Demense, Tithe, Serf , Pottage
Serf-A farm worker on a lord’s land who could be bought or sold.
Tithe-Serfs and freemen had to give one tenth of their crops to the local priest. This payment was called a tithe.
Pottage-A thick vegetable soup peasants ate.
During the medieval times what was the Black death? (2007)
The medieval equivalent of a nuclear holocaust, the bubonic plague — or “Black Death” — killed as many as one-third of Europe’s people in three long years (1347–1350). The disease spread quickly, killed horribly, and then moved on, leaving whole cities devastated in its wake.
