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Flashcards by Christian O'Connor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Christian O'Connor
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| System of land ownership and power where the King owned all the land and could pass any law | The fuedal system |
| Gifts provided by the father of the bride to her new family | Dowry |
| First castles built by the Normans | Motte and bailey castles |
| Three defensive features of a stone castle | Curtain wall, Drawbridge, Portcullis |
| Three methods of attacking a stone castle | Scaling ladder, Siege tower, Battering ram |
| Two stages of training before a knight can be dubbed | Page, Squire |
| Two knights ride towards each other either side of a fence. Each has a lance for knocking the other off his horse. | Jousting |
| It was his job to collect rents and taxes. He also had to bring criminals to the lord for punishment. | Bailiff |
| If a serf managed to escape from the manor for a year and a day he became a ___________ | Freeman |
| Both serfs and freemen had to pay one tenth of their crops to the local priest. | Tithe |
| Thick vegetable soup | Pottage |
| W_____ from sheep and l______ from flax were used to make clothes. Animal skin was used to make s_____. | Wool, Linen, Shoes |
| One of the three three open-fields was left fallow every year to allow it recover from growing crops. | Open-field crop rotation |
| Three pastimes enjoyed by peasants on Sundays and holy days | Chess, Singing, Dancing |
| Permission from the lord for a town to have its own government | Town charter |
| Held annually in medieval towns. People could buy goods such as spices and silk. Could last for up to three weeks. | Fairs |
| Two diseases that were common in medieval times | Typhoid and cholera |
| A plague that killed millions of people in Europe in the 14th century | The Black Death |
| How did barber surgeons contribute to health and medicine? | Pulled rotten teeth. Bandaged bloody wounds. |
| Three stages of training to become a master craftsman | Apprentice, Journeyman, Producing a masterpiece |
| Two functions of a guild | Set prices to ensure fair competition. Provide charity to craftsmen who have fallen on hard times. |
| Punishment for women guilty of gossiping. | Being tied to a dunking stool and repeatedly dropped into water. |
| Three features of gothic architecture. | Flying buttresses, Rose windows, Gargoyles |
| Three vows taken by monks and nuns | Poverty, chastity and obedience |
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