Middle Ages Quiz Flashcards
The myth of the Middle Ages
Knights kings queens shining amor romantic
Middle Ages time period
1066 - 1500
The reality
Dark ages, historian know little, time, 5th century to 15 century
Manorialism
Economic system( production and trade)
The lord of manor
For safety and defense people in the middle ages formed small communities
Manor house
Where lords lived
Manor were normally isolated from
Visits from peddlers, pilgrims on away to the cursades, soldiers
Self sufficiency
Growing and producing food shelter, mill grinding grain, bake house making bread, blacksmith creating goods
The peasants
Lowest level of society, lord offered protection for exchange of living and working on his land
Be
Feudal system
The king awarded land of fiefs for Nobles barons Bishops. In return contribution of soldiers for the king.
. Daily life.
No rules divided land among the lesser nobility who became their vessels. Many of these vessels became powerful.
Lord
Broad term for who owns land
Vessel
Granted, possession of land by the Lord
Fiefs
Land itself
Serfs
Contracted lab
Happened when peasants owed large debt
Couldn’t leave without Lord approval
Lord, only the surfs worked on
Required to pay rent
More like a slave
Peasants
At the lowest level of society
The Lord offered his peasants protection for exchange of living and working on land
Hard work and high taxes peasants worked hard and we’re heavily taxed
Magna Carta
1215
English barons formed alliance, forced King John to snide Magna Carta limited the Kings power of taxation monarch subjected to law
Peasants homes
Many families eight slept and spent time in small houses one and two bedrooms
Peasant clothing
Men-stockings tunic
Women-long gown, sleeveless tunics wimples that covered hair
Leather boots covered feet to keep dry
Clothes were never washed
Women weave wall to make clothes
Flow dresses, elaborate hair headwear
What were peasant homes like?
Call damp and dark, normally warmer and lighter outside. Dirt floors.
Women’s duty’s at home
Cooking baking bread, sewing, weaving
We’re given two options to get married or be a nun
No of the witch, if not devoted to God
Clothing of the wealthy
Elaborate then would change to follow fashion
Jewelry/fur
For a jackets to keep warm gems, imported from other places, ring brooches
Dresses and skirts
Medicine/medical knowledge
No system no knowledge
Antibiotics invented in the 1800s
Myths/superstitions of medicine
Smell lead to sickness
You got sick if your soul was bad
If you prayed you will survive
How they see your body in the four humors
Part of the universe
part of the four elements
What are the four humors?
Fire – yellow bile choler
Water – Phlegm
Earth– black bile
Air – blood
About The plague
Known as the Black Death
Bubonic plague
Arrived in 1348
Where did the black death/plague come from?
Comes from a bite from a flea
Fleas were on rats
And rats were in houses and on boats
Symptoms of the black death/plague
Due to poor sanitation/breeding grounds for rats
Symptoms include fever, ache, vomiting, blood, swollen, lymph nodes, blackish color
How many people did the plague kill?
50 million people
What population died from the plague?
30 to 40%
What year did the plague occur
Only two years 1348 to 1350
Did the plague return multiple times?
Yes
Can you still contract the plague?
Yes, but could be cured with antibiotics
About arts and music
Singing without instrumental accompaniment
Singing was very important
Songs normally were enchanted
Musical instruments
Organs bells
Hurdy-gurdy
Other instruments normally took two people one to turn story one to crank
Dramas
Drama grew
First dramas were all religious about the Bible
Costumes
A form of entertainment
Entertainment normally was outside the church and at marketplaces
The church
Only one church in Europe during middle ages
Had their own laws
Large income
Church leaders, such as bishops in arch bishops
Leading roles in government
Church structure
Pope– head of church
Cardinals – advisors to the pope administrators of church
Bishops and arch Bishops– superior over cathedral or region
Priest – author over Parish
Bishops
Wealthy families
Ruled over groups of parishes called dioceses
Exchange for land and peasants had to provide
Parish priests
Humble backgrounds
Had a little education
thought only about the Bible
Monasteries
Monks became known as Benedict’s and took vows of poverty chastely in obedience to their leaders
Monks
Required to perform manual labor, and were forbidden to leave property
Nuns
Female counterpart who lived in convents
Provided for less fortunate
Safe Haven, Pilgrims, and other travelers
Women who didn’t want to get married
Monastic life
Monks and nuns went to church eight times a
. Singing. And chanting.
Education
Copied and read religious texts
The Canterbury tales
People traveled to Canterbury
Stories told by 30 pilgrims as they traveled
Social classes
First estate – church and clergy
Second estate – nobility those who fight
Third estate– peasants
Women were either what
Wives or virgin/chaste/ widow
