Medieval Era

Question 1

What Years did the Medieval Era Take Place?

Answer 1

1066-1485

Question 2

How did Medieval Era begin

Answer 2

Battle of Hastings

Question 3

What was Battle of Hastings about

Answer 3

Norman invasion of William the Conqueror - over illegitimate son of duke of normandy

Question 4

Effects of Battle of Hastings

Answer 4

Imposed the Feudal system and brought Court life to England

Question 5

Feudalism

Answer 5

A socio-political structure in which weak monarchy attempts to control the lands of the realm through reciprocal agreements with regional leaders

Question 6

Court Life

Answer 6

Culture from France; includes Chivalry (derived from word for horse - Cheval)

Question 7

How do you become a knight

Answer 7

Inheritance, or valor in battle

Question 8

Steps to Knighthood

Answer 8

Page, Squire, Knight

Question 9

Page

Answer 9

son of a knight (age 8) - strengthened body, rode horses, wrestled

Question 10

Squire

Answer 10

Age 15 to 16, served meals, polished equipment, tended horses, and dressed knights

Question 11

Knight

Answer 11

age 18-21, “knighted” at age 21

Question 12

Tournaments

Answer 12

These started in france, and they displayed courage and skill through jousting and running of the quintain

Question 13

Characteristics of a knight

Answer 13

fight bravely, fair play, keep word, treat equals with courtesy, respect ladies, had arranged marriages

Question 14

Medieval Dress

Answer 14

Made of sulk, linen, satin, burlap, cotton, often dyed with plants and purple was most expensive color to make

Question 15

Women’s Dress

Answer 15

Modest, wore elaborate headpieces

Question 16

Women’s hair

Answer 16

Only young virgins wore long hair, married women wore hats, headresses, and braided hair

Question 17

Food and Eating

Answer 17

Two, gradually three meals a day, only knives and spoons, and common cup

Question 18

Medieval Rules of Table Etiquette

Answer 18

No: spitting across table, loud burps, blowing nose on tablecloth, loud sips, picking teeth with knife

Question 19

Hygiene

Answer 19

washed hands before meal and after bathroom, baths were not very often and were in wooden tubs using water heated over fire

Question 20

Life expectancy

Answer 20

At birth - 17 years, most people lived to be around 3-

Question 21

City of London

Answer 21

Compact and Crowded, had London bridge and Westminster Hall, very insanitary as rakers had to clean rubbish of streets and smelled very bad

Question 22

Types of Houses

Answer 22

Castles, Knight’s manors, Houses of middle class, Serf huts

Question 23

Castles

Answer 23

made of mortar, stone, and wood, have moats and killing grounds

Question 24

Knight’s manors

Answer 24

varied according to income, made of stone, sometimes brick or daub, roof was made of slate/tile, and floors were made of wood

Question 25

Peasant homes

Answer 25

few rooms, sheltered family and livestock, made of timber

Question 26

Languages

Answer 26

French (aristocracy), Latin (church and law), Middle English (commoners)

Question 27

Education

Answer 27

10% of males were literate, literate men had royal or church affiliation, and literacy was higher in city

Question 28

Oldest Universities

Answer 28

Oxford - 1167 Cambridge - 1209

Question 29

Religious ORders

Answer 29

Monks, Friars, Nuns, Parsons, Pardoners

Question 30

Religion

Answer 30

1200s- Catholic Church is only Christian religion and is powerful 1300s- Catholic Church isn't as powerful due to corruption and other ppl getting wealthy

Question 31

Black Death

Answer 31

(1348-49), Killed 1/2 to 1/3 population of London, shortage of labor, people reached middle class, bacteria carried by rodents

Question 32

Symptoms of Black Death

Answer 32

high fever, aching limbs, vomit blood, swell lymph nodes, dead

Question 33

Black Death "cures"

Answer 33

Incense, oils, lotions, church bells, charms and spells, flagellants, bloodletting

Question 34

Peasant's Revolt

Answer 34

Led to increased rights for serfs, reduced work led to demand for higher wages and fewer hours - serfs stormed tower and killed leaders

Question 35

Hundred Years War

Answer 35

lasted 116 years, england vs France, increased English nationalism

Question 36

War of the Roses

Answer 36

Bloody civil war between House of Lancaster (red rose) and House of York (white rose), Henry Tudor becomes king and starts Tudor dynasty