Middle Ages

Question 1

Who were the followers of the king and what were they called?

Answer 1

They were called the vassals and they were the knights,

peasants,bishops,abbots,bailiff and lords

Question 2

What’s the other name for the Middle Ages?

Answer 2

Mediaval period

Question 3

Define the word

Demesne.

Answer 3

Since the king does not have much of his control over his land all himself,he gave some to his followers and kept quarter of his land to his followers.This was called a Demesne

Question 4

Define the word

Feudal System

Answer 4

This is how land was owned and society was organised in the Middle Ages.

Question 5

Who were the wo types of peasants in the Medieval Period?

Answer 5

Serfs and Freeman

Question 6

Why do you think a king would give some of his land to his knight?

Answer 6

In return for their loyalty

Question 7

What are villeins?

Answer 7

Villeins are when some serfs had as much 30 acres to farm

Question 8

What’s the name of the land where the king ruled?

Answer 8

Kingdom

Question 9

What’s the Manor?

Answer 9

The land and everything on it owned by the king.

Question 10

What was the tithe?

Answer 10

A tithe is when peasants

pays a priest by giving him one tenth of their crops.

Question 11

What is the only place in the manor that sells wine?

Answer 11

Tavern

Question 12

What is the responsibilty of a bailiff?

Answer 12

The bailiff looked after the lord’s accounts and kept law and order on the estate.

Question 13

What were the commons?

Answer 13

The commons is where all the peasants’ animals grazed together.

Question 14

Where do the Blacksmith works?

and name the things they make in it.

Answer 14

Forge

They make nails,knives,axes and horseshoes.

Question 15

What’s the name of the farming method peasants use?

Answer 15

Open-field system

Crop rotation

Question 16

Define the word

fallow.

Answer 16

A land left empty

Question 17

What’s the function of a flail?

Answer 17

A flail is use to seperate grains from their husks.

Question 18

What were the different tools men and women used for cutting hay?

Answer 18

Scythes for men

pitchforks for women

Question 19

Who were the knights and what did they do?

Answer 19

Kinghts were soldiers who rode into battle on horseback and fought for their lords.

Question 20

What was the name of the house where lord lived?

Answer 20

The manor house

Question 21

What was the method used to build the peasant’s farm called?

Answer 21

Wattle and Daub

Question 22

Describe the peasant’s clothing in the Medieval Period.

Answer 22

Peasants made their own colthes and they were made of linen or wool.

They dyed them with berries and mosses.

The women wore long dresses with s bonnet or headscarf.

The men wore tunics with a belt around the waist.

Question 23

What were the different pasttimes they did during the Medieval Period?

Answer 23

Noughts and crosses

draughts

wrestling

carol singing

hoodsman blind

Question 24

Name three punishments during the Medieval Ages and explain how it is done to certain people.

Answer 24

People were put in the stocks where their legs and sometimes their hands were locked between planks and wood.

Passers by spat at them or threw things at them.

A pillory was like the stocks,but it held the hands and head

A thief could have his hand cut off

A ducking stool is used to punish for women who spread gossip or rumours and they are tied to a chair and lowered into the water again and again

Question 25

What was the common punishment for small crimes in Middle Ages?

Answer 25

A fine

Question 26

What’s the purpose of the sanctuary?

Answer 26

A person hunted by the bailiff run into the church or monastery where the bailiff could not arrest him there.

This was called the sanctuary.

Question 27

What sort of punishment is used for the poeple who committed serious crimes?

Answer 27

Witches were hanged and sometimes burned to death

Serious criminals like murderers or traitors were hanged.

Question 29

How many fields were left empty in the Manor?

Answer 29

Three

Question 30

What was the motte and bailey castle?

Answer 30

What the first castles wre called.They were made up of wood.

Motte: Small hill

Bailey: Enclosure

Question 31

What was the keep of the castle used for?

Answer 31

The keep was the main building of the castle where the lord and the lady,their family and some soldiers lived.

Question 32

Why do you think the windows castle were narrow slits?

Answer 32

Because that made it difficult for the enemy to fire their arrows into the castle

Question 33

What’s the purpose of the battlements?

Answer 33

The battlement were at the top of the keep where soldiers kept guard on the battlements watching for an enemy

Question 34

What were the toilets of the castle called?

Answer 34

It was called the Latrines

Question 35

Name a few things found in the courtyard of the castle and describe each of its purpose.

Answer 35

The stables ~ where the knights’ horses were kept

The forge ~ where the blacksmith worked.He made shoes for the jorses and weapons for the soldiers

The well ~ which was vital for fresh water

Question 36

Describe and write a short account of how will soldiers/attackers attack a castle.

Answer 36

An attacker will use a battering ram to pound the gate of the castle.They would also use a catapult to hurl huge boulders or fireballs over the castle.A machine like a giant cross bow called ballista is used to fire large arrows.

Siege towers can be used to get near and scale the walls;Siege towers were like enclosed ladders.Siege ladders were also used to try and climb the walls.

Even sometimes an attacker dug tunnels under the walls hoping they would collapse.

Question 37

What was an almoner in the Middle Ages?

Answer 37

The people who helped the poor

Question 39

Name two dangers that could be faced during the

Middle Ages.

Answer 39

Diseases you can catch

Soldier attacks

Question 40

Name this stonework created during the Early Christian times

Answer 40

The Tara Brooch