medieval period - impacts Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
what does woden mean
A
god of war
2
Q
what does thor mean
A
god of thunder
3
Q
what does the suffic -by mean? example?
A
village
Grimsby
4
Q
we still use ‘___’ for valley and ‘___’ for hill in NE dialects
A
dale
fell
5
Q
list some french words - court
A
justice prison, constable, agreement, fine
6
Q
what was this period otherwise known as?
c________ r_______
A
commercial revolution
(by Henri Pirenne, a Belgian historian talking about Europe)
7
Q
In 13___ Colchester was ____rd in tax returns out of english towns.
A
1334
53
8
Q
By 15__, colchester was ___th in tax returns
A
24
13th
