medicine

Question 1

Exact examples of surgery attempted by Barber Surgeons

Answer 1

Pulling teeth.

Performing enemas.

Cutting hair

Question 2

Laws that were passed

Answer 2

1347
Fines for dropping litter in the street.

1348
Quarantine laws were put in place stop people moving around too much because of the Black Death.
1348
Local authorities stopped cleaning the streets because they believed the foul stench of rubbish and rotting bodies would drive off the miasma (bad air) that was causing the plague.

Question 3

What was the black death.

Answer 3

The Black Death was.
An outbreak of bubonic plague that killed a third of the English population between 1348-50. It was caused by the bacteria yersinia pestis, but people at the time had no idea that this was the cause! The main symptom of the Plague was growing buboes (huge blisters), getting a swelling in the armpit or groin which was filled with pus.

Question 4

Government

Answer 4

The collapse of the Roman Empire meant that Britain lost a strong centralised government.

Question 5

What were the expectations on a King?

Answer 5

To be a strong ruler, to control his kingdom, to enforce justice and to keep the kingdom safe from attack.

Question 6

What was the principle of primogeniture?

Answer 6

The eldest son inherits the title of King from his father.

Question 7

How established was it by the 12th century?

Answer 7

Not followed, people were chosen to become King for other reasons as well.

Question 8

what is christianity.

Answer 8

Christianity = The major religion in Western Europe. Catholicism was dominant.

Question 9

The importance of religion in Medieval England

Answer 9

People saw their life’s purpose as trying to get to heaven.

Question 10

The dominance of the Catholic Church

Answer 10

The Catholic Church had the power of a country and was based in Rome.

Question 11

what were Sacraments

Answer 11

Sacraments

1. Baptism
2. Confirmation
3. Eucharist
4. Penance
5. Prayers of the sick
6. Marriage
7. Prayers for the dying (Last Rites)

Question 12

what is Pilgrimages

Answer 12

Pilgrimages

Religious journeys

Question 13

What was a crusade?

Answer 13

Going on a Crusade

Fighting in a Holy War in the Holy Land

Question 14

What wasa freeman

Answer 14

Freemen

Only occasionally worked on the lord’s land, as they paid a rent instead.

Question 15

What were Cottars

Answer 15

Cottars
Worked on the land of the lord one day a week, however could come and go as they please. They were afforded a cottage on the manorial estate.

Question 16

What were Villeins

Answer 16

Property of the lord of the manorial estate and the lord could do as they wish, except kill or injure the peasant. A lord could sell a villein on or choose to set him free.