Feudalism
Who were at the bottom of the feudal hierarchy with the least freedom?
Who are serfs?
What was the true name of the Black Death?
What is the bubonic plague?
Which religion dominated Europe during medieval times?
What is Christianity?
This was A trade organization that journeymen belonged to
What is a guild?
Serfs were to pledge this to their lords?
What is allegiance?
Who were at the bottom of the feudal hierarchy with the least freedom?
Who are serfs?
Why was land the main source of wealth during the Middle Ages?
Because land produced food and resources.
What nursery rhyme is about the black death?
What is "Ring Around the Rosie"
Which group had the greatest access to education during medieval times?
Who are the clergy?
Name one guild rank?
What is an apprentice, journeyman, or master?
In a feudal hierarchy who holds the most power?
What is the King or the people on top?
Monks live in this place
What is a monastery?
What opportunity allowed peasants to move up socially in the late Middle Ages?
Moving to a town and learning a trade.
What major effect did the plague have on labour and wages?
What is labour shortages and higher wages?
What activity of the Church helped it become extremely wealthy during the Middle Ages?
What is owning land and collecting church taxes (tithes)?
What opportunity did towns provide that could help peasants move up in the social hierarchy?
Moving to a town to learn a trade or become a merchant.
This war broke out between France and England and led to the Peasants Revolt.
What is The Hundred Years War?
What laws controlled what people could wear based on social class?
What are sumptuary laws?
List the feudal hierarchy from top to bottom
Crown → Nobility → Knights → Commoners.
What benefit did commoners gain after the plague?
What is they could negotiate wages?
Why did some people begin to doubt the Church’s authority during the late Middle Ages?
Because they saw corruption and questioned how the Church used its wealth.
What was one benefit for women in medieval towns regarding guilds?
Women could learn a trade or inherit guild membership.
As people moved to towns, this new economic class began to grow.
What is the merchant or middle class?
A payment of 10% of one’s earnings to the Church was known as a…
What is a tithe?
What job did knights have in the feudal hierarchy, and why was this role important?
Knights provided protection, which helped maintain order and security in the feudal system.
What did people in medieval times believe caused the Black Death?
What is supernatural causes, punishment from god, bad air
When horrific events occurred in the Middle Ages, such as the plague, what explanation did people most commonly give?
They believed it was God’s will.
How could runaway serfs gain their freedom?
What is by staying in a town for a year and a day? 366 days.
Swollen lymph nodes, blackened skin and convulsions and weaknes were these symptoms of this?
What is The Black Death?
These workers were not tied to the land and had some freedom.
Who are freemen?