Middle Ages Flashcards
What was a vassal
The kings followers were called his vassals
What was a feudal system
How the land was owned and society was organised
What was a peasant
A person who worked on the land
What was a serf
A person who belonged to The Lord and formed his land
What was a freeman
A peasant that paid rent and tax to The Lord but could travel as he pleased
What was a bailiff
He looked after the lords accounts and kept law and order on the estate
What was a manor
Village where they lived
What is fallow
A field with nothing growing
Where did serfs live
Serfs houses
Where did I The Lord live
Manor house
Where did the bailiff live
Bailiffs house
How did serfs pray or The Lord
By giving him one tenth if his crops called a tithe
What was an ale
House
Where they drank beer
How many rooms where in a serfs house and what were they used for
One for eating and sleeping
How did they build there houses
Wattle and daub
What was there farming system called
The open field system
What did serfs eat
Dark Bread cheese and pottage
What did serfs wear
They spun wool and the women wove flax
What was the most common punishment
The stocks
What happened to a their
Hand cut off
What happened to women who gossiped
The went in the ducking stool
What was a matte and bailey castle
First type of castles made from wood
What was the keep
The main building in the stone. Castle where they lived
What was battle ment
At the top of the kelp wheree soldiers stood and watched for enemy
Hwta was a turret
Strong towers along the walls
What were curtain walls
The outer walls of the castle
What was a portcullis
An iron grille that can drop and raise in front of the gate
What were the latrines
The toilets
What wa the forge q
Where the blacksmith worked
What was a catapult
To hurl huge boulders over the walls
What was a ballista q
Like a giant crossbow used to fire giant crossbows
What was a siege tower/ladder
We’re used to try and climb the walls
What where the ramparts
Fan along the tips of the walks and where wide enough to walk on
What was the solar
The room which the lady of the castle used for work such as embroidery and it was the warmest room in the castle
Waht was a tapestry
Like a decorated carpet on the wall used to keep heat in
What was a trencher
Big slices of bread that food was served on
What was hawking
It was a pastime where birds hunted for prays
What was jousting
Mick battle between knights
What was a dowry
Money or good that a woman’s family gave to the husband when they got marrie d
Wat was a page
A 7 yr old sent to a lord to learn to be a knight he also waited on the lady
Squire
A 14 yr old helps lord in battle
What was dubbing
The ceremony in which squire turns into a knight
What was a chivalry
A code of honour that said that a knight should be brave love god and protect women and children
What was a High street
The only street that had stones and it had all the shops on it
Waht was a toll
A tax that traders had to pay to get past the gates to sell goods
What was a Curfew
It means to cover the. Fire
It was the time when all the fires in the town had to go out
What was leprosy
A skin disease. That caused sores to break out all over the body
Where did people with leprosy have to go
They left the town to live in a Special place
What was the Black Death
Disease caused by black rat that killed 1/3 of European population
WhHere did the people who had have to go
Them and their families would be locked in there house for 5 days
What did Black Death do to people
It caused swellings on their neck armpits or groin
What was a charter
A legal document granted by the king that allowed people to run there own towns
What was a corporation
The citizens council
What where Guilds
An organisation that every crafters on had to belong to
Each craft had its own guild
What was an apprentice
The first part if becoming a craftsman
It was a 12 year oldest to a master craftsman to learn a trade
He would not get pay
What was a journeyman
After seven ayers if being an apprentice he gets ages and can travel around looking for work
What was a master
After a journey man made a masterpiece he became a master and had his own shop.
What where the three parts of a craftsman
1 apprentice
2 journeyman
3. Master
What was a parish
What the church was divided up into
What was a dioceses
A group of parishes which each had a bishop
What spwas a cathedral
Each dioceses’ bishop built a big church called a cathedral
What does Romanesque mean
They where stone churches with round arches little windows and thick round columns and dark interiors
What does gothic mean
They where churches with stain glass windows flying buttresses stone statues and spires
Gnat are the features of a Romanesque church
Round arches
Dark interior
Thick round column s
Small windows (glass not stained)
What are the features of a gothic church
Spires Pointed arches Slim columns Stained windows Flying buttresses Stone statues over door and windows
What was a In dormitory a medieval monastery
Where the monks slept
What was a cloister In a medieval monastery
Where the monks walked and prayed
What was a chapter house In a medieval monastery
Where the monks went to discus the business of the monastery and elect the abbot
What was an infirmary In a medieval monastery
Where the sick where nursed
Whi was the abbot
The ruler of the monastery
What was a Scriptorium In a medieval monastery
Where the manuscripts where copied
What was a guest house In a medieval monastery
Where the monks gave food to the poor people and travellers
Where did the monks eat there meals
The reflectory
Wher do the monks walk and pray
They cloisters
Where did the monks sleep
The dormitory
Where did the monks elect the abbot and discuss business
The chapter house
What was the matins
Morning prayer
What was the prime
Silent prayer
What was the vespers
Evening prayer
What was the compline
Night prayer
What was the function of a monastery
Used as inns and hospitals and where poor peolpe went for help
Boys and girls where educated in monastery’s
What did the Normans introduce to ireland
Towns eg athlone and kells New methods of farming eg open field system Castles New laws the replaced Brehan law Monasteries churches and gothic style English language
What was the matins
Morning prayer
What was the prime
Silent prayer
What was the vespers
Evening prayer
What was the compline
Night prayer
What was the function of a monastery
Used as inns and hospitals and where poor peolpe went for help
Boys and girls where educated in monastery’s
Explain why woman would get married in a medieval period
So the husband could support her and she could get richer
Why where spices so sought after in medieval times
Because they believed they would cure sickness
What was the function if the guild
They paid for people’s funerals and looked after sick members
What did a monk get his hair cut into
A tonsure
Whi replaced the abbot when he was away
The prior
Who looked after the travellers
The almoner
Who looked after he sick
The infirmaran
When did craftsmens workshops close
They closed after dinner on Saturday and could not open again until Monday at sunrise
How could a boy become a monk
When a boy joined a monastery he was called a novice. He had to learn the rules and see if they suited him. If the head of the monastery the abbot thought the novice would make a good monk he let him take his solemn vows
