assessment 1: medieval life (towns vs countryside)

Question 1

how many people lived in the countryside?

Answer 1

90%

Question 2

what were the houses like in the medieval countryside?

Answer 2

small homes made from ‘wattle and daub’ with thatched rooves and open fires with no chimneys

Question 3

what were medieval town houses like?

Answer 3

tightly packed together with thatched rooves and had latrines (toilets)

Question 4

how many people lived in towns at once?

Answer 4

10,000

Question 5

where did people in medieval towns get their food from?

Answer 5

drovers and market days

Question 6

what did peasants eat?

Answer 6

pottage (vegetable stew)

Question 7

what did peasants drink?

Answer 7

ales (small beer)

Question 8

how did people get their food in the medieval countryside?

Answer 8

markets and butchers

Question 9

where did people in medieval towns get water from?

Answer 9

deep wells and lakes/streams

Question 10

what did king edward order the authorities in york to do?

Answer 10

to clear the filth from the streets and introduce new rules

Question 11

what happened to norwich?

Answer 11

people were named and shamed by the towns for polluting waterways and dumping waste

Question 12

what happened to the butchers in winchester?

Answer 12

the butchers guild appointed two people to check the quality of all meats before they were sold. if they didn’t follow rules they would all be punished

Question 13

what happened in bristol to make the town more pure?

Answer 13

bristols councillors passed many laws and moved dungheaps, lepers and prostitutes to the outskirts

Question 14

what did king edward do to shrewsbury?

Answer 14

gave them permission to raise money from its wealthier citizens. he also encouraged towns to pave streets and made his own income from taxes

Question 15

what did king edward do to carlisle?

Answer 15

reported the streets were filled with dungheaps and other filth that corrupted the air. the towns couldn’t afford to clean the mess