FEUDALISM PYRAMID
THE MOST POWERFUL AND WEALTHY NOBLEMEN WHO RECEIVED THEIR LANDS OR FIEFS FROM THE KING.
WHAT IS A BARON?
THE TIME BETWEEN 500-1500 AD. THE YEARS BEWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.
WHAT IS MIDDLE AGES?
HOW OFTEN DID MOST PEASANTS BATHE?
WHAT IS ONCE A WEEK?
THE HEAVIEST LINE OF DEFENSE. IT WAS MADE TO BE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
WHAT IS A KEEP?
HE WRITES DOWN THE KING'S RULES.
WHAT IS THE MOST SKILLED MONKS?
HE ACTED AS A PERSONAL SERVANT TO THE KNIGHT. HE FOLLOWED HIS MASTER LEARNING TO BE A KNIGHT.
WHAT IS A SQUIRE?
MEDIEVAL POWER SYSTEM
WHAT IS FEUDALISM?
THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CLEANED OUT THE CESSPOTS.
WHAT ARE GONG FARMERS?
A DITCH THAT SURROUNDED THE CASTLE AND USUALLY HAD WATER.
WHAT IS A MOAT?
HE RUNS THE COUNTRY WHEN THE KING IS AWAY.
WHO IS THE CHIEF JUSTICE MINISTER, HIS VICEROY?
HE WAS IN CHARGE OF A MANOR. HE RENTED OUT LAND TO THE PEASANTS WHO WORKED FOR HIM. HOWEVER, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE WAS A KNIGHT, WHO PROVIDED ARMS AND KNIGHTS FOR THE KING.
USED TO GROW CROPS - SOME OWNED BY THE CHURCH - BELONGED TO THE LORD AND DIVIDED AMONG PEASANTS.
MEDICAL DOCTORS USED THIS TO SUCK BLOOD FROM PATIENTS.
WHAT ARE LEECHES?
LOCATED IN THE KEEP AND WAS THE HEART OF THE CASTLE. DINNERS, BANQUETS AND DANCING WRE HELD THERE.
WHAT IS THE GREAT HALL?
A TAX WHERE PEASANTS PAY ONE-TENTH OF THEIR HARVEST TO SUPPORT THE CHURCH.
WHAT IS A TITHE?
THEY DID NOT OWN LAND, BUT WORKED ON THE LORD'S LAND IN EXCHANGE FOR PROTECTION, FOOD, ASN SHELTER.
WHAT IS A SERF OR PEASANT?
SOMETIMES HOUSED THE VILLAGE OVEN WHERE THEY BAKED BREAD. THE MILL WAS TURNED BY FLOWING WATER.
WHAT IS A GRAIN MILL?
A DEADLY DISEASE CAUSED BY LACK OF VITAMIN C; PRODUCES SWOLLEN LIMBS, BLEEDING GUMS, AND WEAKNESS.
WHAT IS SCURVY?
WAS THE MAIN GATE OF THE CASTLE. IT WAS MADE OF HEAVY WOOD AND REINFORCED WITH IRON.
WHAT IS A PORTCULLIS?
TRACTS OF LAND WITH LOTS OF TAX PAYING PEASANTS.
WHAT ARE FIEFDOMS?
THESE WERE MEDIEVAL SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR AND DEFENDED THE KING.
WHAT IS A KNIGHT?
HAD A WALL OR FENCE. IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, VILLAGERS TOOK SHELTER BEHIND. IT WAS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE VILLAGE.
WHAT IS A MANOR HOUSE?
THE PRACTIVE OF REMOVING BLOOD BY OPENING A VEIN.
WHAT IS BLOODLETTING?
HOLES IN THE FLOORING OVER THE ENTRANCE JUST PAST THE CASTLE'S FRONT GATE. IF THE ATTACKERS GOT THROUGH THE GATE, THEY WERE ASSAULTED BY HEAVY OBJECTS DROPPED THROUGHT THIS FROM THE CEILING ABOVE THEM.
WHAT IS MURDER HOLES?
HAVING A HOLE DRILLED THROUGH THE SKULL TO RELIEVE ILLNESS.
WHAT IS TREPANNING?