Middle Ages

Question 1

Vassal

Answer 1

The king’s followers

Question 2

Peasant

Answer 2

A poor person who farmed the land

Question 3

Serf

Answer 3

A peasant who belonged to the Lord and farmed his land

Question 4

Freeman

Answer 4

A peasant that paid rent and tax but could travel as he pleased

Question 5

Bailiff

Answer 5

Kept the lord’s accounts and law and order in the estate

Question 6

Manor

Answer 6

A small village surrounded by land run by a Lord and farmed by peasants

Question 7

Fallow

Answer 7

Every year one of the 3 fields would be kept empty to rest the soil

Question 8

Motte and bailey castle

Answer 8

First castles every made and were built with wood

Question 9

Keep

Answer 9

The main building in a castle where the Lord and his family lived

Question 10

Battlement

Answer 10

At the top of the keep used as a lookout for enemies

Question 11

Turret

Answer 11

Strong towers along the walls

Question 12

Curtain wall

Answer 12

The outer wall of a castle

Question 13

Portcullis

Answer 13

An iron grille in front of the castle gate

Question 14

Latrines

Answer 14

Toilets in the corner of a castle

Question 15

Forge

Answer 15

Where blacksmiths worked

Question 16

Catapult

Answer 16

A machine used to fire boulders over castle walls

Question 17

Ballista

Answer 17

A giant crossbow

Question 18

Siege tower

Answer 18

Enclosed ladders

Question 19

Solar

Answer 19

The warmest room in the manor belonging to the lady of the castle who did things like embroidery there

Question 20

Tapestry

Answer 20

A rug with pictures on it

Question 21

Trencher

Answer 21

A big piece of bread used as a plate

Question 22

Hawking

Answer 22

Hunting with trained hawks

Question 23

Jousting

Answer 23

When a knight fights another knight on a horse

Question 24

Dowry

Answer 24

Money or gifts a womans family would give to the man she’s marrying

Question 25

Page

Answer 25

The first stage to becoming a knight, he would learn how to ride a horse and use a sword

Question 26

Squire

Answer 26

The second stage in becoming a knight, he helped the lord in battle

Question 27

Dubbing

Answer 27

The ceremony when a squire became a knight

Question 28

Chivalry

Answer 28

The code of honour knights swore to uphold

Question 29

High Street

Answer 29

The main street of a town and often the only one that was paved with wooden planks or stones

Question 30

Toll

Answer 30

The tax merchants had to pay in order to enter a town

Question 31

Curfew

Answer 31

When everybody in the town had to put out their fires or pay a fine

Question 32

Leprosy

Answer 32

A disease that if you got meant you would be banished from the town

Question 33

Black Death

Answer 33

A plague that wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population, vicims got swellings under their armpits, necks and groin

Question 34

Charter

Answer 34

A legal document granted by the king that allowed the town to run it's own affairs

Question 35

Corporation

Answer 35

A council that ran the towns affairs

Question 36

Guild

Answer 36

An organisation that every craftsperson had to belong to (there was one for every craft)

Question 37

Craftsperson

Answer 37

Someone with a special skill or trade

Question 38

Apprentice

Answer 38

Lived with a matser craftsmanfor 7 years to learn the trade

Question 39

Journeyman

Answer 39

He travelled around and now gets paid for his work

Question 40

Master

Answer 40

When a journeyman gets his own workshop

Question 41

Masterpiece

Answer 41

A piece a journeyman produces in order to become a master

Question 42

Parish

Answer 42

The Church was divided into parishes

Question 43

Diocese

Answer 43

A bishop ran these and they wer bigger than a parish

Question 44

Cathedral

Answer 44

A big church built by the bishop

Question 45

Romanesque Church

Answer 45

A dark, gloomy church with thick columns, arches and small windows

Question 46

Gothic Church

Answer 46

Has spires, towers, statues (gargoyles), big glass stained windows, flying buttresses and thin columns

Question 47

Dormitory

Answer 47

Where the monks slept

Question 48

Cloisters

Answer 48

Where the monks walked and prayed

Question 49

Chapter house

Answer 49

Where they disscussed busibess of the monastery and elected an abbot

Question 50

Infirmary

Answer 50

Hospital/sick room

Question 51

Scriptorium

Answer 51

Where they copied manuscripts

Question 52

Guest house

Answer 52

Where they gave food to the poor and travellers

Question 53

Refectory

Answer 53

Where they ate

Question 54

Feudal system

Answer 54

How society was organised and how land was owned