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Give one feature of religion in mediaeval Britain

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Christian

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Who held the most power in mediaeval Society?

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The king

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Name a unhelpful medical theory in middle ages

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The four humours/miasma

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When did the mediaeval period begin end?

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1250 to 1500

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Give one feature of homes in the countryside during the Middle Ages

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Thatched roofs

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Give one feature of a mediaeval peasants diet

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Stew named pottage

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What did mediaeval peasants drink?

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Light beers

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Why where cesspits a risk to the health in the mediaeval countryside?

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They could contaminate rivers and streams, water sources

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Give one feature of towns in mediaeval England

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Packed very close together, thatched roof

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How did people who lived in mediaeval towns get their food?

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Market days

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Why would drovers risk to the health in the mediaeval towns?

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As they travelled with dead animals, spreading the disease

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What is a drover?

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someone who brings meat into towns

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What is a conduit?

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Man-made spring made for monasteries for holy water during mass

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Give one way in which people in mediaeval towns got water

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Conduit

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What is a gongfermer

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A firmer was someone who cleaned cesspits

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What is a cesspit?

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A cesspit is where human excrement was stored

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What is a Raker?

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A raker is someone who would rake the streets of rubbish

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18
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What year did the Black Death hit England?

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1348

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19
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What percentage of England were killed by the black death?

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66%

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20
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What actually caused the black death?

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A disease carried by fleas

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21
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Give one mediaeval belief about the cause of the black death

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Miasma, the four humours, God

22
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Give one unhelpful cure for the black death

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Mass gatherings for prayer

23
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Who was king at the time of the black death?

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King Edward the third

24
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Describe king Edward the thirds response to the black death

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He wrote one letter to the mayor of London, but other than that did nothing

25
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Give one reason why monasteries need clean water

A

For mass

26
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How did the monasteries improve public health in the middle ages?

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The cared for the sick and had clean water

27
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Name three diseases that were prevalent in mediaeval England

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Tuberculosis ,the black death, childbed fever, influenza

28
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What is a mayor?

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Is someone who makes decisions for the town

29
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What is an alderman?

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An older man is like a man, and makes decisions for the town or city

30
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Name, two people responsible for public health in towns

A

Mayor and alderman

31
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Name one way, London Tried to improve the public health after the Black Death

A

Employed wardens to stop animal waste being dumped into the Thames

32
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What is miasma

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Miasma is bad air and people in mediaeval times, believed it caused sickness

33
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Name the four humors

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Yellow bile, black bile, blood, phlegm

34
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Describe the four humours theory

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A theory developing Greece, people believed that all four humors had to be balanced to be healthy

35
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How would people balance the four humours?

A

Bloodletting, a.k.a. leeches

36
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Them two symptoms of the black death

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Buboes, sickness, coughing blood

37
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Who had healthier diet people in the countryside or in towns?

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People in the countryside

38
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Where was the disease thought to have came from?

A

The Gobi desert

39
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Name, the three different forms of the black death

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Bubonic plague, pneumonicplague, septicemic plague

40
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How long does it take a patient to die?

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Four days

41
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When did the black death die down?

A

1350

42
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What did Welshpool Lewin Gethin say about the black death?

A

No mercy for fair countenance

43
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Why were thatched roofs dangerous for human health

A

Rats lived in the roofs meaning they could spread the disease

44
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What is potage?

A

I stew made from vegetables

45
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What is a latrine?

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Mediaeval toilet in towns

46
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What is a privy?

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A hole people defecated into most commonly in the countryside

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48
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When did the plague strike again?

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1361-62

49
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How many outbreaks were there before 1500?

A

More than 20!

50
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What were houses in the countryside made of?

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Wattle and daub

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