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History
History(The middle ages)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the middle ages also known as? | Medieval times |
| What were the years of the middle ages? | AD500- AD1500 |
| Why was the middle ages called the middle ages? | Because it was between what historians called ancient times and modern times |
| Give another name for the feudal system | Feudalisim |
| What was the feudal system? | A form of government in medieval Europe |
| Who was in control during medieval times? | The King |
| What was the order of the feudal system? | The King,barons,bishops,vessals,knights,peasants,serfs and slaves |
| What were the three stages of training for a knight? | Page at 7,Squire at 14 and Knight at 21 |
| What was the dubbing ceremony? | The ceremony when the squire became a knight |
| What was the code of chivalry? | The code a knight had to obey |
| What did the code of chivalry state? | A knight had to be loyal to his lord,be brave,be polite to noblewomen and kind to the poor |
| What was a steed or charge? | Horses knights fought on |
| What was chain mail? | Protective armour |
| What were maces? | Heavy metal clubs |
| Name two knightly sports | Jousting and hawking |
| What was jousting? | when two knights rode straight at each other and used lances to try and unseat his opponent |
| What was hawking? | When a knight used specially trained birds of prey to hunt down other birds |
| Motte and bailey was a type of castle in medieval times. Who or what was kept in the bailey? | Servants houses |
| What were disadvantages of motte and bailey castles? | They were usually small and cramped. The wood around them would rot over time |
| Give 3 characteristics of a stone castle | It was made out of stone. It had dungeons. It had a spiral staircase |
| Name 3 types of weapons used to attack castles | Siege ladders,crossbows and tunnels |
| Who was the Lady of the Manor? | A lords wife |
| List 3 duties of the Lady of the Manor | Supervised servants,tended to the sick,took charge of the castle when the lord was absent |
| List three duties of women in the middle ages | They cooked, cleaned and cared for children |
| Who were freemen? | People who paid rent to the lord,but owed him no other duties |
| Who were serfs or villeins? | The belonged to the lord,could not marry or leave the manor without his permission. As rent, serfs gave the lord crops or animals |
| Who were peasants? | Poor country people |
| What would happen to a robber in medieval times? | His or her hand would be cut off |
| What would happen to a person who told harmful lies in medieval times? | His or her tongue would be cut out |
| What would happen to a murderer in medieval times? | They would be hung publicaly |
| What was a guild? | The controller of a craft |
| What were craftsman? | People who made things |
| Give three functions of a guild | Fixed wages and prices,gave financial help to sick members or to families of dead members and might set up schools for children of guild memebers |
| Who were the Normans? | Descendants of Vikings who settled in Normandy in France |
| What did Normans bring with them? | Castles,knights and other feature of medieval life to Britain and later Irleand |
| What was the Bayeaux Tapestry? | A town in northern France that depicts the story of the Norman invasion of England |
| Why did the Norman invasion of Ireland succeed? | Normans had well-trained professional knights and were well equipped |
| Give three results of the Norman invasion | The feudal system. Medieval towns, Castles and the English language |
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