MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
What is feudalism?
This system organised medieval society through relationships involving land, loyalty and service.
What was the name of the split between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in 1054?
The Great Schism
What was the raised mound in a motte-and-bailey castle called?
The motte
What two animals were closely connected to the spread of the Black Death?
Rats and fleas.
Name the system where people exchanged land, protection, loyalty and labour.
Feudalism
Put these in order from highest to lowest: Peasant, King, Knight, Lord.
King → Lord → Knight → Peasant
The Catholic Church was based in this city and led by this person.
Rome and the Pope
What was the enclosed courtyard where people lived and worked called?
The bailey
Medieval doctors used these blood-sucking animals as part of bloodletting.
Leeches
A payment of 10% of a person's income or produce to the Church.
Tithe
What type of work medieval peasant were doing?
Farming/agriculture
What was a tithe?
A payment of one-tenth of a person's income or produce to the Church.
Name TWO purposes of a medieval castle.
Defence, government, administration, justice, or displaying wealth and power.
Medieval medicine was based on the belief in the Four Humours. Name the four humours.
A group of skilled workers that controlled the standards of a particular trade.
Guild
Why might a person leave a manor and move to a growing medieval town?
To find new work, learn a trade or earn money.
A person is removed from the Church and cannot participate in its religious practices. What has happened to them?
They have been excommunicated.
Why did many medieval towns develop along trade routes?
Trade routes brought merchants, goods and opportunities for work and business.
Imagine a town loses 60 out of 100 workers to the Black Death. What would happen to the value of the workers who survived?
They would become more valuable because there were fewer workers available.
Who is Serf?
A person who worked on a lord's land and was tied to the land, with limited freedom to leave.
A medieval town is becoming crowded and has poor sanitation. Explain one problem this could create for the people living there.
Spread diseases easily
Name three areas of life where the Church had influence over peasants during Medieval Europe.
religion, politics, education, wealth and everyday life.
Who built Framlingham Castle?
1.It was built by Roger Bigod, a knight, after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Why did the Black Death become a turning point for workers in Medieval Europe?
The population fell, causing a labour shortage. Workers became more valuable, wages could increase, and workers gained more bargaining power.
A situation where there are not enough workers available to do the work that needs to be done.
Labour shortage