Middle Ages Flashcards
(41 cards)
Who were the followers of the king and what were they called?
They were called the vassals and they were the knights,
peasants,bishops,abbots,bailiff and lords
What’s the other name for the Middle Ages?
Mediaval period
Define the word
Demesne.
Since the king does not have much of his control over his land all himself,he gave some to his followers and kept quarter of his land to his followers.This was called a Demesne
Define the word
Feudal System
This is how land was owned and society was organised in the Middle Ages.
Who were the wo types of peasants in the Medieval Period?
Serfs and Freeman
Why do you think a king would give some of his land to his knight?
In return for their loyalty
What are villeins?
Villeins are when some serfs had as much 30 acres to farm
What’s the name of the land where the king ruled?
Kingdom
What’s the Manor?
The land and everything on it owned by the king.
What was the tithe?
A tithe is when peasants
pays a priest by giving him one tenth of their crops.
What is the only place in the manor that sells wine?
Tavern
What is the responsibilty of a bailiff?
The bailiff looked after the lord’s accounts and kept law and order on the estate.
What were the commons?
The commons is where all the peasants’ animals grazed together.
Where do the Blacksmith works?
and name the things they make in it.
Forge
They make nails,knives,axes and horseshoes.
What’s the name of the farming method peasants use?
Open-field system
Crop rotation
Define the word
fallow.
A land left empty
What’s the function of a flail?
A flail is use to seperate grains from their husks.
What were the different tools men and women used for cutting hay?
Scythes for men
pitchforks for women
Who were the knights and what did they do?
Kinghts were soldiers who rode into battle on horseback and fought for their lords.
What was the name of the house where lord lived?
The manor house
What was the method used to build the peasant’s farm called?
Wattle and Daub
Describe the peasant’s clothing in the Medieval Period.
Peasants made their own colthes and they were made of linen or wool.
They dyed them with berries and mosses.
The women wore long dresses with s bonnet or headscarf.
The men wore tunics with a belt around the waist.
What were the different pasttimes they did during the Medieval Period?
Noughts and crosses
draughts
wrestling
carol singing
hoodsman blind
Name three punishments during the Medieval Ages and explain how it is done to certain people.
People were put in the stocks where their legs and sometimes their hands were locked between planks and wood.
Passers by spat at them or threw things at them.
A pillory was like the stocks,but it held the hands and head
A thief could have his hand cut off
A ducking stool is used to punish for women who spread gossip or rumours and they are tied to a chair and lowered into the water again and again
