Towns/Countrysides in Medieval times Flashcards
What is Wattle And Daub?
material used in building walls e.g muds and sticks
What is Pottage?
A soup or stew
What is a small beer?
ale thag contains a low percentage of alcohol
What is harvest?
The process of gathering crops
What is famine?
extreme scarcity of food
What is a cesspit?
A pot for disposal of liquid waste/sewage
What is a midden?
An old dump for domestic waste
What does contaminated mean?
something impure filled with a poisonous/impure substance
What is ergotism?
Poisoning from grains (rye)
What was the job of rakers?
To clean the streets
What was the role of gong farmers?
They emptied the latrines
When was the Black Death?
1348
What were the 4 humours they believed the body was made from?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
What percent of population lived in the countryside?
90%
What year was the bad harvest?
1315-1317
What were toilets called in Medieval ages?
Privies
What did they do with the waste from cesspits?
They collected it and spread it on fields to fertilise the fields
Did people drink alcohol or water more often?
They often drank alcohol as the water was not safe
What percentage of population died during the great famine?
10% between 1315 and 1322
What is a conduit?
A channel which water is conveyed
What does miasma mean?
Bad air
When were germs discovered?
1861
How was the Black Death spread?
Spread through unhygienic things such as rats living in houses (tightly packed), kings and government didn’t help them
What is dysentery?
The infection of intestines caused by contact with human faeces
