Medieval Times

Question 1

Feudal system

Answer 1

King gave land to lords + nobles in return lords + nobles gave him soldiers
Nobles gave land to soldiers so soldiers fought for them
Peasants worked the land for nobles + knights who gave them protection

Question 2

Medieval manor

Answer 2

Peasants lived in villages called manors ran by lords/nobles
50 houses for peasants, manor house for lord/noble, church, mill forge + bailiff who collected taxes

Question 3

Farming on the manor

Answer 3

Open field system
Crop rotation

Question 4

Open field system

Answer 4

3 fields devided into strips + worked on by different families

Question 5

Crop rotation

Answer 5

1st field wheat
2nd field barley + oats
3rd field fallow
4th field animal grazing

Question 6

Freemen

Answer 6

Pay a tithe
Were payed
Could marry + leave the mansion

Question 7

Serfs

Answer 7

Belonged to the lord, were payed with small plots of land
Needed lord’s permission to marry/leave
Payed taxes + tithe
Free if they escaped for year + 1 day
Wattle+daub house, animals outside
Ate bread, cheese + pottage + drank ale

Question 8

Building castles

Answer 8

A lord builds a temp castle (motte + bailey). A motte is an artificial hill with a wooden tower/keep on top. Below is the bailey surrounded by wooden fence

Question 9

Stone castles

Answer 9

Curtain walls enclosed the castle
Keep = lords chambers, chapel, great hall + dungeon
Patrolled battlements on keep + turrets
Bailey has stables, workshop, soldiers quarters
Gatehouse has drawbridge + portcullis
Castle is surrounded by moat

Question 10

Foot soldiers

Answer 10

Largest part of the army, fought with swords, daggers + spears
Shields + leather jackets for protection
Peasants

Question 11

Archers

Answer 11

Bows + arrows
Little armor

Question 12

Knights

Answer 12

Minor nobles
Fought on horseback + swore an oath of chivalry
Full armor, chainmail, shield + helmet
Lance, maces + swords

Question 13

Becoming a knight - Page

Answer 13

Age 7
Fostered
horse riding, use a sword, singing, dancing

Question 14

Becoming a knight - Squire

Answer 14

Age 14
horseback fighting, accompanies lord into battle, looked after his horse + weapons, helped him dress for battle

Question 15

Becoming a knight - Knight

Answer 15

Age 21
Spends the night before the ceremony in prayer
Dressed in white robe + full armor
Dubbing ceremony + oath of chivalry

Question 16

Medicine in the middle ages

Answer 16

4 humours : blood, bile, yellow bile + phlegm
Treatment of sickness: bleeding, cupping, leeching, amputation