Feudalism
Who was at the top of the feudal system?
King or queen
From what material were motte and baileys made?
Wood
Knights were professional ...
Soldiers
Peasants mainly worked as ...
Farmers
What animal carried the Black Death?
Fleas
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
What is perspective in Renaissance art?
The use of depth
Where was DaVinci from?
Vinci/Florence
Johannes Gutenberg
Which group made up the largest component of the feudal system?
What is a moat?
Ditch of water surrounding a fortification
There are two stages to becoming a knight; name the first.
Page
Those who belong to this group of peasants were only allowed to live and work on the land of their lord.
Serfs
What was the name of the city besieged by Mongols who catapulted infected corspes over the walls?
Kaffa
What civilisations inspired the Renaissance?
Ancient Greece and Rome
What is a fresco?
A painting done onto damp plaster
Where was Michelangelo from?
Florence
Why was the printing press important?
When a king gifted land to a lord, what was that land called?
A fief
There are two stages to becoming a knight: name the second.
Squire
These peasants were allowed to live and work where they pleased.
Freemen
That punishing/whipping themselves would please God and stop the plague
What does the word 'Renaissance' mean?
Rebirth/revival
How did anatomy improve artistic depictions of people?
Understanding the body allowed artists to paint realistic portrayals
What type of painting did Michelangelo create on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Fresco
What did Copernicus theorise?
That the Earth orbited the sun
God
What is a keep?
The fortification at the centre of a castle's defenses
Knights were given property by their lord. What were these properties called?
Manors
During farming season, a field would be left empty of crops to allow its soil to rest and regain its nutrients. What was this empty field called?
Fallow
In what year did the Black Death end?
1351 AD
What was a patron?
A wealthy individual who funded the arts and sciences
Name the two prominent types of architecture during the Renaissance.
Gothic and classical
St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Johannes Kepler theorised that the shape of the planets' orbits around the sun was:
Oval
When did the Medieval Ages begin and end?
476 AD - 1500 AD
What objects were commonly thrown down murder holes?
Burning oil/pitch/water
Knights were meant to follow the code of ...
Chivalry
Craftsmen who were more skilled than apprentices but were not yet masters were called ...
Journeyman
What name was given to the swollen and diseased lumps of flesh found on the bodies of those infected with the Black Death?
Buboes
What impact the did the fall of Constantinople have on the beginning of the Renaissance?
Scholars fleeing the city brought their knowledge and texts to Italy
Classical
DaVinci made use of sfumato; what does sfumato mean?
Smokiness, or a gradual transition between light and dark shades
Galileo championed that all scientific theories can only be proven or disproven through experimentation; what is this called?
The scientific method