Social Hierarchy
Who sat at the top of the Feudal System?
The King
This is a criminal activity, but punished more severely than today
Murder and Theft
Punishment that applied to peasants - their feet placed in and locked. Passersby could remove the peasants shoes and tickle their feet.
Stocks
Who gave the speech in Clermont?
Pope Urban II
Jerusalem
What could the King offer to people below him in the Feudal system?
Land and protection
Criticising the Emperor, Rebelling against the King – a capital offence, death
This punishment applied to lower class - useful punishment to allow passersby to hurl abuse, throw things or pock fun at them
Pillory
Where were people headed on their Crusade?
The Holy Land
Which centuries did the Crusades occur?
11th - 13th Century
Who was the lowest group of the feudal system?
Peasants
Being homeless
Vagrancy
This form of punishment was inflicted upon Guy Fawkes - internal organs were removed, bodies dismembered, dragged to the place of execution behind a horse, for rebelling against the government (Treason)
Hung drawn and quartered
What were the Crusades?
A series of wars supported by the Catholic Church
Who led the first crusade and what was it called?
Peter the Hermit - The People's Crusade
What is the order of the feudal system - top to bottom?
King, Nobles/Clergy (Greater Lords), Knights (Lesser Lords), Peasants.
Very serious – cast spells, association with the devil
Witchcraft
This punishment was permitted for members of the nobility. Both parties engaged in hand-to-hand combat; the winner was presumed innocent and the loser was often dead at the end of the fight.
Trial by combat
Who were the Crusades fought between?
Christians and Muslims
Why did people go on crusades?
If they died on the crusade, they were promised a place in heaven. Peasants a better life in the afterlife and Sinners repented their sins
In relation to the feudal system, why is it shaped like a triangle?
The system is a triangle as there is an idea of the numbers of people in each class in society. There were lots of peasants, yet only 1 king.
Refusing to accept the Christian faith
Heresy
If you were a member of the nobility and have committed a capital crime (except treason), you were often spared some of the more humiliating punishments
Which empire were the Muslims invading?
Name different evidence that you might see in a source depicting a Crusade (5)?
Cross, Peter the Hermit, Knight in armour, Peasants, Children, Women, Monks, Flags with a red cross (a symbol of a crusader)