Medieval Times Flashcards
What is curfew?
Curfew is when people had to extinguish their fires at sundown.
What is a charter?
A contract whereby a town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but paid taxes to the king
What are stocks?
Stocks are wooden or metal devices with foot holes used as punishment
Name and explain the first stage of becoming a knight
Page: at the age of 7 a boy would be sent to live with the family of another lord. He would learn how to ride horses use a sword,sing and dance
Name and explain the 2 tags of becoming a knight
Squire: age 14 they boy began learning to fight in a horse back. He would accompany the lord into battle, look after his horse and weapons and help the lord dress for battles and tournaments
Name and explain stage 3 of becoming a knight
Knight: at the age of 21 he was eligible to become a knight. He spent the knight before the ceremony in prayer in the chapel.he took part in the ceremony of dubbing. He swore the oath of clivary (to stay loyal to his lord, protect the poor and be brave in battle
What did the medieval guilds do?
A guild set standards for the quality of members work ( you could be fined for standard work) set prices and wages,decided who could trade in the town, and cared for old and sick members and the families of dead members
Write about the medieval lords leisure time
• In his leisure time, he went hunting or hawking and held tournaments (events for knights) featuring mock battles and jousting contests. medieval lord was very powerful; he owned huge amounts of land and Commanded many knights
and soliders
Write about the medieval ladies
The lady’s main duty was to bear
-children as heir
• The family lived upstairs in the keep, near the chapel and a warm sunny
room called a solar. Here, the lady would weave, teach the children or play music.
• She also ran the household,
instructing the servants, supervising the storage and preparation of food
. The lady of the castle usually arried at a young age.
What was feasts like for the medevial lords and ladies?
• Feasts were held in the great hall, which had big fireplaces and tapestries on the wall.
• Beef, pork, mutton, duck, deer,pheasant or rabbit were served - either farm animals or what the lord caught while hunting.
• Without refrigeration, meat could not be kept fresh for long.
• People salted, smoked or dried meat and fish and used herbs and spices to vary the strong flavour.
Spices were very expensive as they
had to be transported from Asia
What was the entertainment like for the lords and ladie?
Músicians (minstrels) and comic performers (jesters) provided entertainment.
What was life like in the medieval town?
Towns in Norman England and around Europe in the Middle Ages were much smaller than towns today.
Most had only about 1,000 people and the largest had only about 5,000 people. Many were built on rivers or
on the coast so that the people could make money from trade. Sometimes they were built near castles for protection and to cater to the needs of the castle. A town needed a charter from the king. This was a contract where the town was granted freedom to run its own affairs but had to pay taxes to the king.
A corporation and a mayor ran a town. They kept the walls in good repair, tried to deal with dirt and sewage, paid town guards and enforced the curfew and other laws of the town.
What were the features of a medieval town?
Towns had high walls to protect them against attack.
• Strong gates were the only way in and out of the town. The gates were opened at dawn and closed at sundown. Anyone who wanted to come into the town to conduct business (especially to sell goods) had to pay a toll (a tax on entry) at the gates.
• The main or high street ran from the main gates to the market square in the middle of the town.
This was the only street that was wide and paved with stones or wooden planks. The richest people had their houses here.
• Narrow streets ran off the main street and these contained houses and shops for the townspeople.
• Larger towns had several churches and even a cathedral, if a bishop was based there.
• Outside the walls was the fair green for the annual fair. This was a huge market where traders from all over the country sold exotic things like silks and spices, as well as tools and weapons.
What are the names of the castles?
Motte, Bailey and stone castle
What is a motte and Bailey?
It’s a temporary castle where lords lived before their permeant stone castles. A motte was a small hill with a wooden tower or a kelp at the top and below the hill was a large enclosed area where the soliders lived surrounded by high wooden fences or a moat/ditch this was called a Bailey
What is a Balif?
A person who collects the taxes when the lord is out of town
