Middle Ages- Entertainment And Lifestyle Flashcards

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What was rich people’s diet like

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Rich people ate a lot of meat. In the castle there were two meals a day, dinner and supper. They cut meat with knifes and ate with their hands. They drank wine and ale

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Whta was the lords education like

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Up to the 1300s the Lord could barely read and write. They had no need as they had the priest to do that for them, good manners and fighting skills were thought of as more important.

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What were trenches

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These were large wooden plates or big slices of bread which food was served on

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What did rich men wear

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They wore long tunics and leather shoes with pointed toes.

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What did the rich women wear

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They wore long dresses to trail to the floor, these were made out of wool but the crusaders brought silk. The headdress was called a simple

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What was hawking

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Hunting with trained birds of prey and was a favourite pastime of rich people

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What was a tournament

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These were popular, this was an event where Knights fought in mock battles with each other

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What were a melées

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These were teams that played In Tournaments

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What was jousting

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When two knights fought against each other with a lance or blunt sword

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What were jesters

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At night people used to watch them doing tricks

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Explain a. Noblewoman so marriage

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A noblewoman did not marry for love. Parents arranged her marriage like a business contract where money or cattle were exchanged

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What was a dowry

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The money or other goods a woman’s family gave to her husband when they got married

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Name some of the skill of a noble woman

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They learnt spinning and weaving, needlework and music and made beautiful tapestries
They learned how to run a large household
How to use herbs to cure an illness
When the Lord was away the lady was in charge and looked after and defended the castle

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What was the feudal system in Middle Ages

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The king
Vassals
Knights
Peasants

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Name two types of peasant

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Freemen and serfs

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What was a serf

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A person who belonged to the Lord and farmed his land

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What was a freeman

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A man who paid rent and tax to the Lord but could travel as he pleased

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What was a manor

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The land and everything owned by the Lord

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What is an ox

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Type of cattle used for heavy work

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What system did farmers used for farming crops

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Open field system

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What two parts was the manor divided into

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The commons and the arable

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What was the commons

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A big meadow where the animals belonging to the peasants grazed

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What was the arable land

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This was where the crops grew. Each peasant farmer had a strip of land in each of the three fields

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What does fallow mean and what was its purpose

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When a field was left empty. This allowed for crop rotation so the land would be fertile again the next year