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Medieval Times
Medieval terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Instrument for knights to practise jousting on | Quintain |
| The fence separate knights who are jousting | Tilt |
| Part of a knight’s armour | Chainmail |
| Time you had to have fires put out by | Curfew |
| Stage of training for a craftsman | Apprentice |
| Organisation who ran each trade | Guild |
| Hobby involving hawks who hunted birds | Hawking |
| Paid by girls family in an arranged marriage | Dowry |
| Place on top of castle where soldiers attacked enemies from | Battlements place |
| Part of castle where kings family live | Keep |
| Why was the feudal system set up | For control |
| The medieval period started after the end of what empire? | Roman empire |
| A weapon with a spiked ball on the end of a chain | Mace |
| Stage two of a knight’s training | Squire |
| Event outside the town walls, once a year - like a festival | Fair |
| Type of sewing done by ladies | Embroidery |
| A courtyard in castle | Bailey |
| The walls around outside of a castle | Curtain walls |
| When you surround castle did occupants come out to fight or surrender? | Siege |
| A journeyman had to make it to become a master craftsman | Masterpiece |
| He won n the battle of the Hastings? | William from Normandy |
| Who were the three men who were claimants to the English throne? | Harald Hadraada, Harold Godwinson and William duke of Normandy. |
| Where was Harald Hadraada from? | Norway |
| Harold Godwinson was what at the time of Edward the Confessor's death? | The Earl of Wessex. |
| On what day was Harold ii crowned king of England? | 6th January. |
| What was William’s claim to the throne? | That he was promised by Edward who was his cousin. |
| What was Harald Hadraada's claim to the throne? | That Cnut's son promised the throne to him, and that he was a descendant of King Cnut, a former King of England. |
| What was Harold Godwinson's claim to the throne? | He was the most powerful nobleman in England and the only Englishman claiming the throne beside a nine year old relative (who was not chosen for obvious reasons. |
| What day did Edward the confessor die? | 5th January 1066 |
| Why was their no direct heir to the throne? | Because he died without a son. |
| What is the Norman conquest? | A group of Vikings that had been raiding France got permission from the French king to live there instead. |
| What were the settlers called and what was the meaning of their name? | They were called the Normans and that was short for "north man". |
| True or false: William was a descendant from the Viking tribes that were accepted into France. | True. |
| How was Harold Godwinson, king of England, killed and by whom? | He was killed by William of Normandy’s army with an arrow through the eye. |
| Who became the new king of England? | William of Normandy. |
| What was the most significant reason why William won at the battle of Hastings? | William's army pretended to retreat downhill and made them chase them, breaking Harold’s shield wall which made them easier to attack once they got to the bottom of the hill. |
| What is the name of the tapestry that depicted the important events of 1066? | The Bayeux tapestry. |
| What is the Bayeux tapestry? | It is a piece of linen with all the prominent events of 1066 embroidered onto it. |
| Who ordered the tapestry to be made? | William's half brother, Odo, Bishop of Bayeux. |
| Who was ordered to embroider the tapestry? | A group of Saxon women. |
| What are the dimensions of the Bayeux tapestry? | 50 centimetres thick and 70 metres long. |
| In the year 1066 Halley’s comet was seen. True or false? | True |
| Halley's comet was seen as a bad omen in 1066. True or false? | True |
| In the feudal system, the peasantry gained what in return for what? | They gained the use of land in return for working and paying taxes with crops. |
| In the feudal system, the sub-tenants gained what in return for what? | They gained land from the tenants in chief in return for fighting in wars and protecting the property of the chief tenant. |
| What were the two names for the medieval system of organising society? | The feudal system and feudalism. |
| Who introduced the feudal system and when? | Charlemagne introduced it in the 8th century. |
| What were the advantages of the system? | It helped the country grow stronger and provided people with a sense of protection. |
| What were the two levels of peasantry? | Freemen and serfs. |
| Serfs had nothing to their name - true or false? | True. |
| A portcullis is: | An iron grate on either side of a gateway. |
| What was the purpose of a castle? | To provide the monarch or chief tenant good living quarters, protect the inhabitants against siege and act as a military base. |
| What is a siege? | A siege is the act of surrounding a castle or building in order to starve the inhabitants to death. |
| Where were castles built? | In hard to reach places such as cliffs and islands, usually with a good view of the nearest town. |
| Resources that a castle needed to be near: | Towns so that the lord could collect taxes, fresh water and building material, workers to build the castle and roads or rivers for transport. |
| Domain | The land controlled by a ruler or lord; like a manor |
| Charter | A written grant of rights and privileges by a ruler or government to a community, class of people, or organization; people in towns would buy charters to get more freedom |
| Guild | An organization of people in the same craft or trade; they would live on the same street, punish cheaters in the guild, and approve apprentices |
| Apprentice | A person who works for an expert in a trade or craft in return for training; sometimes parents would pay money for training; usually a boy but sometimes a girl; usually had a contract that stated the apprentice would stay for 7 years |
| Journeyman | A person who has learned a particular trade or craft but is not an employer or master (expert); has past apprentice-hood but not enough funding to set up own business |
| Commerce | The buying and selling of goods; could be in marketplaces or with trade |
| Jew | A descendant of the ancient Hebrews; the founders of the religion of Judaism; also any person whose religion is Judaism |
| Common law | A body of rulings made by judges that become part of a nation's legal system |
| government | A group of people who create laws for a state, country or kingdom. |
| feudalism | The name of the government and society during Medieval England. |
| successful | Something that works really well. |
| kingdom | The land ruled by a king. |
| barons | Rich men who controlled the land of the king. |
| dynasty | A family that has been in political power for many generations. |
| bishop | A powerful leader within the Catholic religion. |
| church | A place of worship, especially for Christians and Catholics. |
| Catholic | A version of the Christian religion. |
| medieval | Another name for the Middle Ages. |
| tithe | 10% of someone’s income that is paid to the church. |
| fiefs | A large area of land in the control of Barons. |
| castle | A home of a king or a very rich person. |
| peasants | Poor people or slaves. In Medieval times they were also called serfs and villeins. |
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