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What Years did the Medieval Era Take Place?

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1066-1485

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How did Medieval Era begin

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Battle of Hastings

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What was Battle of Hastings about

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Norman invasion of William the Conqueror - over illegitimate son of duke of normandy

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Effects of Battle of Hastings

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Imposed the Feudal system and brought Court life to England

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Feudalism

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A socio-political structure in which weak monarchy attempts to control the lands of the realm through reciprocal agreements with regional leaders

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Court Life

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Culture from France; includes Chivalry (derived from word for horse - Cheval)

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How do you become a knight

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Inheritance, or valor in battle

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Steps to Knighthood

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Page, Squire, Knight

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Page

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son of a knight (age 8) - strengthened body, rode horses, wrestled

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Squire

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Age 15 to 16, served meals, polished equipment, tended horses, and dressed knights

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Knight

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age 18-21, “knighted” at age 21

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Tournaments

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These started in france, and they displayed courage and skill through jousting and running of the quintain

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Characteristics of a knight

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fight bravely, fair play, keep word, treat equals with courtesy, respect ladies, had arranged marriages

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Medieval Dress

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Made of sulk, linen, satin, burlap, cotton, often dyed with plants and purple was most expensive color to make

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Women’s Dress

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Modest, wore elaborate headpieces

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Women’s hair

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Only young virgins wore long hair, married women wore hats, headresses, and braided hair

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Food and Eating

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Two, gradually three meals a day, only knives and spoons, and common cup

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Medieval Rules of Table Etiquette

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No: spitting across table, loud burps, blowing nose on tablecloth, loud sips, picking teeth with knife

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Hygiene

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washed hands before meal and after bathroom, baths were not very often and were in wooden tubs using water heated over fire

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Life expectancy

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At birth - 17 years, most people lived to be around 3-

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City of London

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Compact and Crowded, had London bridge and Westminster Hall, very insanitary as rakers had to clean rubbish of streets and smelled very bad

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Types of Houses

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Castles, Knight’s manors, Houses of middle class, Serf huts

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Castles

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made of mortar, stone, and wood, have moats and killing grounds

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Knight’s manors

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varied according to income, made of stone, sometimes brick or daub, roof was made of slate/tile, and floors were made of wood

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Peasant homes

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few rooms, sheltered family and livestock, made of timber

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Languages

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French (aristocracy), Latin (church and law), Middle English (commoners)

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Education

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10% of males were literate, literate men had royal or church affiliation, and literacy was higher in city

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Oldest Universities

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Oxford - 1167
Cambridge - 1209

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Religious ORders

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Monks, Friars, Nuns, Parsons, Pardoners

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Religion

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1200s- Catholic Church is only Christian religion and is powerful
1300s- Catholic Church isn’t as powerful due to corruption and other ppl getting wealthy

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Black Death

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(1348-49), Killed 1/2 to 1/3 population of London, shortage of labor, people reached middle class, bacteria carried by rodents

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Symptoms of Black Death

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high fever, aching limbs, vomit blood, swell lymph nodes, dead

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Black Death “cures”

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Incense, oils, lotions, church bells, charms and spells, flagellants, bloodletting

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Peasant’s Revolt

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Led to increased rights for serfs, reduced work led to demand for higher wages and fewer hours - serfs stormed tower and killed leaders

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Hundred Years War

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lasted 116 years, england vs France, increased English nationalism

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War of the Roses

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Bloody civil war between House of Lancaster (red rose) and House of York (white rose), Henry Tudor becomes king and starts Tudor dynasty

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