Medieval Britain Flashcards
One feature of religion in medieval Britain
It was a christain country
Who held the most power in medieval society
King/monarch
Name an unhelpful medical theory in the Middle Ages
Four humour theory
When does the medieval period begin and end
1250,1500
Give one feature of homes in the country side during Middle Ages
Wattle and daub
Give one feature of a medieval peasants diet
Vegetable
Why were cesspits a risk to health in the medical countryside
Go through water source spreading disease
What did medieval peasants drink
Water,beer
Give one feature of homes in medieval towns
Thatched rooves
How did people who lived in medieval towns get their food
Markets,drovers
Why were drovers a risk to health in medical town
Brought live stock through towns spreading disease
One way in which people in medieval towns got water
Water carrier conducts built by the monasteries
What job did gongfermers do
Remove human waste from the streets and from cesspits
What job did rakers do
Clean the streets
What year did the Black Death hit England
1348
What % of the population were killed by the Black Death
60%
What actually causes the Black Death
Yersinia pestis spread by fleas living off rats
Give one medieval belief about the causes of the black death
Punishment from god /looking into someone eyes could spread the disease
One unhelpful cure of the black death
Blood letting
Describe king edwards 111’s response to the Black Death
Wrote a letter
Give one reason why monasteries needed clean water
For mass
How did the monarchy improve public health in the Middle Ages
Built conduits over the city so they had clean water
Name two people responsible for public health in towns
Mayor ,alderman
Name one way London tried to improve public health after the Black Death
Closed bath houses and got new pipe
Three diseases that were prevalent in the medieval Britain
Dysentery
Influenza
Childbed fever
Pottage
A vegetable stew
Parish
Small are with its own church
Midden
A pit for collecting waste
Conduit
A stone channel for transporting water
Pathogen
Bacteria causing disease
Name one action that was taken to prevent the spread of the Black Death
Flagellants whipped themselves in the streets to prove to god that they were sorry for their sins
Did anyone know what caused it
No they didn’t know at the time instead they thought it was off miasma and the movements of the planets
