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The Middle Ages Flashcards

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What are the three names for the time 500 ad to 1500 ad

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Middle, ages dark ages and medieval times

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Why are those times called the middle ages

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Because they are between the roman times and modern day

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Name the four parts of the feudal system

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The king, the barons and bishops, the knights and the peasants

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Where did the knights live

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In manors (villages with land around them)

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Whats a fief

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The ceremony of the king handing over land to the bishops so they could control it for the king

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What is a demesne

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Land, knights kept for their own private use

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Who were the bishops and barons

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Usually they were relatives of the king and were the people who ran the land for the king

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Where do we see evidence of the middle ages today

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In castles and monasteries that are mostly ruins

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What is a tithe

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Its a tax paid of 10% of a peasants crops to the church for living on the land

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Who were freemen

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Pesants who were not owned by Nobels and could move freely to do work

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What does a catapult do

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It throws rocks and dead animals

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Name two types of castles

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Stone castles and motte and baily castles

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Name three things used to attack a castle

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A scaling ladder, a siege tower and a battering ram

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Name three things used to defend a castle

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A moat, a murder hole and a turret

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What did they throw down a murder hole

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Boiling oil, boiling water, rocks ect

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What was undermining

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When they dug under a wall to try and get it to fall down

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What was a barbican

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It was a gate house before the bridge to a castle

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Who were archers

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They were men that shot arrows and flaming arrows at a castle

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What was a motte

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It was a man made hill

20
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When were the first castles built

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In the Middle Ages

21
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What age did a lords son go off to become a page

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At the age of 7

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Fighting wise what did the page learn

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How to ride a horse and fight with a wooden sword

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What else did a page learn to do

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Have good manners, sing and dance

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What age did a page become a squire

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At the age of 14

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Who trained the squire

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A fully trained knight

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What did the squire learn to use

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Real weapons

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What did the squires use to train

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Targets called quintains

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What did the squire also learn to do

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Fight on horseback

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How did the squire repay the knight

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By cleaning his armour and horse

30
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When did a squire become a knight

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After 7 hard years of training

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What was the ceremony called when the squire was knighted

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An accolade

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Where did the squire spend the night before the ceremony

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Praying in church that he would not fail his king

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What did the squire wear in the ceremony

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A white tunic (purity), a red robe (willingness to shed blood) and a black jacket (may die in battle)

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Why did the squire kneel before the king

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So the king could dubb him

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What happened after the dubbing

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The king presented him with a sword

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Why were some squires knighted on the battlefield

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If they showed some act of immense bravery

37
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What was a knights best weapon?

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A horse

38
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What did the horse ride into battle

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Armour that covered its whole body

39
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Name three past times for a knight

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A tourney (mock battle), jousting, sword practice on a quintaine

40
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What sort of armour did a knight have

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A chain mail vest and metal armour

41
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Name two other things knights had to defend themselves

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A helmet and a shield

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Name two things knights had to attack with

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A sword and a lance

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