Medieval society, life and religion

Question 1

What percent of their produce did peasants have to pay to the church?

Answer 1

10%

Question 2

What was the name of the group of peasants who needed their lord’s permission if they wanted to move?

Answer 2

Villeins

Question 3

What material was used to cover the roofs of peasant homes?

Answer 3

Thatch

Question 4

What did all boys over 12 have to join to help maintain law and order?

Answer 4

A tithing

Question 5

Which book is a useful source of evidence about life in medieval society?

Answer 5

The Domesday Book

Question 6

Which room in a castle would host feasts?

Answer 6

Great Hall

Question 7

How was land for peasants usually divided up in a village?

Answer 7

It was divided into strips for farming

Question 8

Who had the most power in medieval society?

Answer 8

King

Question 9

Who had the least power in medieval society?

Answer 9

Peasants

Question 10

If someone’s wounds healed cleanly after a trial by ordeal, were they considered innocent or guilty?

Answer 10

Innocent