Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Middle Ages
- Feudal pyramid
- All aspects of life were organised
around what was called the feudal
system
- King william 1
had conquered in
1066
- the feudal system was set up by William the
Conqueror. Which became King William 1
- Social hierarchy
- God was first
- Kings and queens
- nobels /kinghts
- skilled craftsmen
- serfs
- people of lower classes
showed their respected to
their upper class
- the king would be
supplied with
soliders from the
lord to fight
- Manor was
an important
unit of
territory
- surfs owned
no land
- serfs were rewarded with a place to live
- lord
protected
sufs
- the serfs families were always poor
since they never had money to pass
down from each generation
- The serf must pay to use the lords mill
and pay to use the lord oven
- serf had the largest population
- No education
- knights highly valued for their military skills
- knights were pro fighters
- knights came from wealthy families
- training went on for
many years
- the training was for
singing,reading ,chess,horse
man ship
- crime and punishment
- People would have their
hands dunked in boling
water
- Ladies would be dunked
into the lake again and
again and people would
find it as entertainment
- animals were treated like humans
- animals could be punished
as well us people
- a victim of a crime would hue and cry
- everyone in the village would try and capture the criminal
- Charged and punished when they didn’t do anything
- trial by ordeal
- Witch craft
was to keep
woman
undercontrol
- The crusades
- The pope was the
head of the church
- Were the
people that
fought
- Cross=christians
- Half moon=muslims
- Fight was
between
muslims and
christians
- both
sides
thought
that god
was on
their
sides
- Farming
- 90% of people farmed
- Was time consuming
since it was all done by
hand
- farming land
was divided into
3 big fields
- each peasant
was allocated
the strip
- Food and drink
- black bread,cheese,butter,cream,dried
fruit,almonds,herbs,spices,goose,pigeon,ducks,sheep,pig
- ale,dirty
water,wine
- Peasants
and the
wealthy
people
would eat
differntly
- The wealthy would eat some
times would eat chicken