The Medieval City
These protected medieval cities from enemies and criminals.
What are city walls?
This person made tools and metal objects.
Who is the blacksmith?
These animals commonly wandered medieval streets.
What are pigs and chickens?
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, monasteries lost control of this.
What is education?
One of the most prestigious medieval universities shown on the map.
What is the University of Oxford?
This was closed at night and opened in the morning to control access to the city.
What are city gates?
People sold this product inside their homes and workshops.
What is cloth?
This problem spread easily because there were no sewers.
What is disease?
These two social groups wanted educated descendants.
Who are the nobility and the bourgeoisie?
Two other famous medieval university cities besides Oxford.
What are Paris and Bologna?
Most medieval streets were narrow and winding because of this type of city planning.
What is unplanned / organic growth?
Workshops were often located here in relation to people’s homes.
What is on the ground floor / inside the home?
Most medieval streets were not covered with this.
What is pavement?
These schools were controlled by a bishop and taught mainly religion.
What are cathedral schools?
Most medieval universities were located on this continent.
What is Europe?
This large open space was the center of trade and festivals.
What is the market square?
People who could not read used this to identify shops.
What is a shop sign with symbols or drawings?
Waste was usually thrown here in medieval cities.
What is the ground / the street?
These schools were established by city councils and taught reading, writing, and mathematics.
What are municipal schools?
Universities were mainly located in or near this type of place.
What are cities?
The most important and striking building in a medieval city where the bishop preached.
What is the cathedral?
Farmers and merchants sold their goods in this part of the city.
What is the market square?
Despite problems, medieval cities were busy with these activities.
What are workshops, shops, and markets?
Originally, this word meant an association of people, not a building.
What is a university?
The Mediterranean region had many universities because of this.
What is trade and cultural exchange?