Year 7 History Exam 3 revision cards Flashcards
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What passed up the feudal system?
Promises, wealth and military service.
Who was Wat Tyler?
The leader of the Peasants’ revolt
What religion was everybody in England in the medieval period?
Christian
What did the Black Death do to the population of peasants in England?
It drastically reduced it.
What were the four levels in the feudal system?
King-Barons-Knights-Peasants
Why were peasants who survived the Black Death able to demand better pay and working conditions?
Because there was a peasant shortage after the Black Death so English nobles had to improve pay and conditions in order to hold onto their workers.
Where did all people in England in the medieval period believe they would go to after they died and for how long?
Heaven, purgatory or hell. Forever.
Why do so many churches survive from the medieval period, yet so few houses survive?
Churches were often the only buildings in communities made from brick and stone. Houses were often wattle and daub.
Where did Wat Tyler’s peasants clash with Richard II’s soldiers on 15th June 1381?
Smithfield.
Which question on Year 7 Exam 3 wants you to use your knowledge to decide and explain which interpretation is most convincing?
Q3
What was the main community building in medieval villages?
The church
In what years did peasants in England have to pay poll tax
1377, 1379, 1381.
What were villeins?
The lower class of peasant - they were not paid and had to ask permission of the lord to leave the village.
Who was king at the time of the Peasants’ Revolt?
King Richard II.
What is wattle and daub?
Wattle and daub is a building material made from wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
True/false: Medieval peasants often had to share their homes with their cattle.
True
In what year did the Black Death arrive in England?
1348
Which question on Year 7 Exam 3 wants you to use PASTA to explain why the two interpretations are different?
Q2
How many rooms did most medieval peasant houses have?
1
What are villeins and freemen?
Types of peasant.
What is Poll tax?
A 4 pence tax that every man over 15 had to pay - it didn’t matter how rich or poor you were.
What was the year of the Peasants’ Revolt?
1381.
What does a place called Smithfield have to do with the Peasants’ Revolt?
It is the place where Wat Tyler’s peasants clashed with Richard II’s soldiers on 15th June 1381.
What were peasants houses usually made from in medieval times?
Wattle and daub.
What was the main time when medieval peasants did not have to work?
During holy days (holidays), there were many of these every year.
What passed down the feudal system?
Land.
How much of what they grew did peasants have to give to the church?
10%
What was a big worry that peasants had about the winter every year?
That they’d have enough food to survive and be able to keep warm.
What were freemen?
The higher class of peasant - they tended to be skilled workers eg blacksmiths or stonemasons.
Why did many poor people think that poll tax was so unfair?
Because every man over the age of 15 had to pay the same amount (4p) regardless of how rich or poor they were.
What was the 10% of everything they grew that peasants had to give to the church called?
a tithe
