Fashions, Toiletries, Entertainment, Food, Monks, Knights, Peasents

Question 1

Which group made the largest group in medieval European society?

Answer 1

Peasants

Question 2

What was the Church exempt from paying?

Answer 2

Taxes

Question 3

Who were the only people who could read and write in medieval society?

Answer 3

Monks

Question 4

What is a knighting ceremony called?

Answer 4

Investiture

Question 5

What were wives of knights called?

Answer 5

Ladies

Question 6

What did peasants share their huts with?

Answer 6

Domestic animals

Question 7

What did wattle and daub consist of?

Answer 7

Mud, manure, and sticks

Question 8

What coloured material could only be worn by royalty in 11th Century Europe?

Answer 8

Purple silk

Question 9

What luxury practice was known as a stew?

Answer 9

A bath

Question 10

How was meat preserved?

Answer 10

Salting, Pickling and Smoking

Question 11

What were thick pieces of bread people ate off called?

Answer 11

Trenchers

Question 12

Medieval table manners prohibited people from putting what on the table when eating?

Answer 12

Elbows

Question 13

What was done with leftover food from banquets?

Answer 13

Given to the poor

Question 14

What was the practice of hunting birds of prey called?

Answer 14

Falconry