Medieval Jobs
The Black Death
The Feudal System
The Crusades
Medieval Hodge Podge
400

What job required the worker to walk back and forth in vats of stale urine all day?

What is a Fuller?

400

What living conditions contributed to the Black Death?

What are poor sanitation, lack of medical knowledge, and over crowding?

400

Who is at the top of the Feudal System?

Who is the King?

400

Who was responsible for conducting the Crusades?

What is the Catholic Church?

400

Where was the Capital of the Roman Empire moved to during its division? 

What is Byzantium or Constantinople?

800

What duties did a barber typically perform?

What are dentistry, blood letting, hair cutting, and surgeries?

800

How did the black death get its name?

What are the black pustules that formed on the hands and body and the number of deaths it caused?

800

What did Nobles receive in exchange for oaths of loyalty to the King?

What is land and Titles?

800

What was the purpose of the Crusades?

What is to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims and Jews?

800

When the Western Roman Empire Fell what existing organization was established enough to fill the void and replace it?

What is the Catholic Church?

1200

Who ate food passed over a dead body so that the person would be accepted into heavon? 

What are Sin Eaters?

1200

What three diseases caused the Black Death?

What are the Bubonic, Pneumonic, and Septicemic plagues?

1200

What was the main purpose of a Castle?

What are defense and protection?

1200

How successful were the Crusades?

What is limited success?

1200

What birds eggs were collected and eaten as a source of protein?

What is the Guillemot?

1600

What happened to a Coin Stamper if a coin went missing?

What is his hand was cut off and nailed to the front door of the shop?

1600

What did the Flagellants do to themselves in an attempt to avoid the Black Death?

What is whipped themselves with leather straps studded with metal spikes?

1600

How many rights did a Noble Woman possess?

What is few if any?

1600

What were some of the positive effects of the Crusades?

What are increased trade, spread of new ideas and learning, introduction of new foods to Europe?

1600

What were some of the defenses used to avoid a Viking Raid?

What are bribe them, fight them, give them whatever they want, and move away from the water?

2000

What prestigious job required you to wipe the Kings Royal Hiney?

What is Groom of the Stool?

2000

How many people did the Black Death kill?

What is an estimated 75 to 200 million people or 30 to 70 percent of the population of Europe?

2000

What was the main form of entertainment?

What are Tournaments?

2000

What were some of the negative effects of the Crusades?

What are resentment toward Christians by the Muslims, solidification of the Popes power over the Church, and further divide between Eastern and Western Christianity?

2000

What was the deadliest of the three diseases during the Black Plague?

What is the Pneumonic plague?