Timeline
This is what BC means, AD means and the period Miss Jennifer refuses to go along with
What is Before Christ? What is Anno Domini (In the year of our Lord)? What is the Common Era and Before the Common Era?
This is what to "illuminate" means and what they used to make the pages shiny
What is to "light up"? What is gold leaf?
This is what is meant by a feudal ladder
This is what knights wore in battle. This is a sport they did on horseback
What is a suit of armor and chain mail? What is jousting?
This is a plague that happened here and what caused it
What is the Black Death caused by fleas carried on rats in Europe?
These are the dates for the Middle Ages. This is what the Middle Ages is also called
What is 500 - 1000 AD? What is Medieval Times and the Dark Ages?
This is the part of the page that was illuminated. These are some of the designs used
What is the Initial large letter of a paragraph? What are vines, geometric shapes, and flowers?
These are the people who are near the bottom of the feudal ladder, what they do, some of the "jobs" and what they "belong to"
Who were the merchants and craftspeople? What are bakers, blacksmiths, weavers? What is a guild?
This is the first step to becoming a knight, the age they start, and the kind of jobs they did
What is a page who is age 7? What is living in the castle, learning manners, serving at the table, and learning to play chess?
Illuminations - F was for Falcons. This is the reason for falconry. This is the reason a falcon wore a hood and this is the kind of bird a falcon is.
What is for hunting and sport? What is keeping them calm and controlling their environment? What is a bird of prey?
This is where the Renaissance took place (mostly) and we generally think of when we hear the word Renaissance
Where is Europe and who were the great Renaissance artists?
What is vellum made from calf skin? What are berries, plants, lapis lazuli mixed with egg? What is scraping the ink off with a knife?
This is who is at the top of the ladder, who is next, who is next, and who is next
What is the church, the king, the knights, the merchants and the peasants?
This is the 2nd step to becoming a knight, what he's called, the age he was, and what he did
What is moving from a page to a squire? What is being 14-21 and what is helping the knight by caring for his armor and helping him with his horse?
O was for _________This is the reason this banner was carried into battle. This is the country where it is from
What is Oriflame? What is for protection and victory? Where is France?
This is how big the Roman Empire was, why it fell in this year and what happened after that
Where is most of Europe and North Africa? What is getting so large that you cannot defend your borders and when was 476 AD? What is falling into the Dark Ages?
These are the people who mostly did illuminations. These are what the "books" were called. This is what their haircut was called.
What is a monk? What is a manuscript? What is a tonsured haircut meant to represent a ring of thorns like Christ wore at crucifiction?
These are names for the people at the bottom of the feudal ladder, other names for them and the difference between the two
Who were the peasants? What are serfs, peasants and villeins?
What is a code of chivalry? What is learning bravery, loyalty, to protect the weak, courtesy and honor?
Q was for __________. This item is used by whom for what? Describe the process
Used for training for sport by knights. What is riding at the quintain to struck the shield with his lance?
These are the three time periods we learned about on our timeline and the dates they represent
What is the Fall of Rome 476 AD? What are the Middle Ages from 500 - 1000? What is the Renaissance from 1300- 1600?
In Illuminations A-Z "W" stands for this. Describe the process used to make a wall
What is Wattle and Daub? What is weaving branches then packing a mixture of mud, animal dung and straw into the woven branches?
Describe the Feudal System
The feudal system was a social structure in medieval Europe where a lord granted land to a vassal in exchange for loyalty, service and protection. At the top was the king, who owned all land and granted large portions to nobles in exchange for military service and other pledges from the knights. Lords, in turn, would grant land to lesser lords. Peasants were bound to the land and provided labor, crops, or payments to their lord in return for protection and a place to live.
This is a fictional knight who was said to be the only true knight who could pull this from a stone. The story also involves others who sat at this table in this city.
Who was King Arthur? What is the sword in the stone? Who were the knights of the Round Table in Camelot?
P was for this thing in a castle__________. True or False there were sometimes 2 of these. Tell where these were located in the castle, how they went up and down and the reason they had these.
What is a Portcullis? True there were sometimes 2 in the gatehouse. Where is at the entry by the drawbridge? What is a system of chains and what is keeping the enemy out?