Vocabulary
This type of person would have been mounted and armored as they served their sovereign lord.
What is a knight?
This was the largest group of people in Medieval society.
What are peasants?
This occupation developed as capitalism grew in Medieval Europe. The same occupation would transport goods from one place to the other, sometimes by horse and wagon.
What are teamsters or porters?
Women in Germanic cultures had protections that were harsh on the offenders. The caught rapist of a woman would face one of these consequences.
What is fines, flogging, banishment, blinding, castration, or death?
In Medieval society women weren't typically allowed to work in difficult jobs like mining due to the backbreaking nature of it. They were also denied into these other high status professions.
What are scholarships, medicine, and law?
This group of people were ordained for religious duty.
What are the Clergy?
This skill set was the foundation for the rule by lords and people with hereditary titles. Without it, they don't have much.
What are arms/martial skills?
This could be granted to a highly skilled artisan or craftsman that would allow them to set up their own town or village.
What is a charter?
This minority group was drawn to Germany in the later part of the Medieval period because of the developing opportunities and an invitation based on their cultures reputation for sparking economic growth.
Who are the Jews?
Girls typically married at this age in Germic culture.
What is 12?
Kings, Dukes, and Earls are just a few of the titles given to this group of people who belong to this hereditary class with social and political status.
What are Nobles?
This group of people had skill sets that produced luxury goods for the people of any town or village as well as the local lords. They sometimes had an independent life because of the high quality of their goods.
What is an Artisan or Craftsman?
Between these ages, most Germanic women were apprenticed to gain skills that would help their family.
What is 10-15?
German mothers might do more of this for their boy babies than their girl babies because of the long term economic value they saw in their sons.
What is breastfeeding?
The modern day version of this would be a union, but in Medieval times this would be a group of craftsman or merchants that act as one organization to have some sort of power.
What is a Guild?
This type of priest lived among the people, helping to educate and heal as well as bless.
What is the "Secular Clergy"?
Scholars from this religion were key to the copying of the writings from early thinkers like Aristotle, Euclid, and Ptolemy.
What is Islam?
In German culture, a woman who was going to be married would receive this from her soon to be husband or their family as a safeguard from an early death on his part.
What is a dowry?
In Germanic culture, the sons and daughters of a family were considered their parents responsibility until this age.
What is 21?
These mandatory laws forced peasants to use their lord's mills, ovens, wine press, etc. as well as needing permission to travel and marry outside of their village.
What are Banalities?
The additional son of a lord might not have any value at home but they might get the local lord's favor as they dressed well and fawned over those with hereditary titles.
What are Court Dandies?
Villagers might volunteer their children to learn trades in their area to improve their lot in life. A Cooper and a cobbler work on these two items.
What are barrels and shoes?
This crime, usually blamed on a religious scapegoat, involved the stealing/eating of communion bread and wine. The punishment was death.
What is Host Desecration?
Germanic families tended to be larger in number due to this historic problem.