Vocabulary
Architecture
Medieval People
Knighthood
Occupations
100
A synonym for a homeless person who chooses to live off the land by himself.
What is a hermit?
100
A very large building, made of stone, with a wooden roof that protected the nobility of the land.
What is a castle?
100
A person who lived on the streets, often begging for their food or a place to sleep. At times, these were unwanted children from society.
What is a peasant?
100
A boy, usually from a noble family, from the age of 7-13 who was schooled by the scholars in writing, reading, and social manners.
What is a Page?
100
A person who cuts hair, but also administers first aid.
What is a barber?
200
Awards given to the knights in the form of: medals, shields, animals, money, gifts, etc.
What are accolades?
200
A small building, that contained a portcullis and a possible drawbridge. These buildings sometimes even had towers with sleeping bunks for the guards and archers.
What is a gatehouse?
200
These were people who were training to become masters of particular occupations. They worked hard with no pay just to learn the craft. This often took up to 7 years!
What is an apprentice?
200
The metal protection worn by knights in battles, as well as tournaments.
What is armor?
200
He or she works for the Manor House and farms the land, he is always legally bound to the Manor House, even if the Lord of the house changes.
What is a Serf?
300
A government system that was in effect in the middle ages for hundreds of years until the subjects overthrew it, as the wealthy nobility got richer from high taxes and the poorer got poorer!
What is Feudalism?
300
A very large farmhouse which was lent to knights and vassals in order to establish a family, as well as make money from the lands that surrounded it.
What is a manor house?
300
The Lords and Ladies of the Court that were part of the blood lineage of the King and Queen. From the time they were born they would always marry others of wealth and lineage.
What is the nobility?
300
To honor, protect, and obey the king. To consistently stand for honor, justice, and goodness, no matter what the cost.
What is the code of chivalry?
300
An outlaw who makes his living by thieving.
Who is a marauder?
400
A terrible disease that has been estimated to have killed over half the population of Europe. It came from the fleas that were on infected rats from Asian cargo ships.
What is the Bubonic Plague or Black Death?
400
The top part of the castle's walls that allowed archers to shoot arrows through to oncoming enemies.
What are battlements?
400
A woman who commits her life to serving God and the church.
What is a nun or sister?
400
These banners, that often hung in the Great Hall of the castle, or in the Cathedral, symbolized the family's crest through colors, animal pictures, and cultural designs.
What are Coats of Arm?
400
She sews and designs clothing for the gentry of society.
What is a seamstress?
500
The full recitation of When a Knight Won His Spurs poem.
What is: When a knight won his spurs in the stories of old He was gentle and brave, he was gallant and bold With a shield in his arm and a lance in his hand For God and for valour he rode through the land. No charger have I, and no sword by my side, Yet still to adventure and battle I ride, Though back into storyland giants have fled, And the knights are no more and the dragons are dead. Let faith be my shield and let joy be my steed Gainst the dragons of anger, the ogres of greed; And let me set free with the sword of my youth, From the castles of darkness, the power of truth.
500
A synonym for a castle and all its protective buildings.
What is a fortress?
500
He was at the very top of the medieval church's hierarchy. A great deal of money, paid in tithes, came to him every week.
What is the bishop? What is the cardinal?
500
These knights travelled to the Holy Land in order to obtain precious artifacts that they felt belonged to them. They supposedly went in the name of Christianity, but often times ended up in bloody battling.
Who are the Crusaders?
500
A man that produces horseshoes, tools, and cooking utensils for society. He often died young because of the dangerous byproducts from the job that attached to his lungs.
What is a blacksmith?
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