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Medieval England

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  • What role does a craftsman play in medieval society?
    Make things. baker, carpenter, blacksmith
  • What animal did doctors use for bloodletting?
    leeches.
  • What is the name of the stew peasants ate?
    pottage
  • Why did a lot of people starve during the black plague?
    There was nobody left to work on the farms.
  • Which professional was responsible for medical treatments from pulling teeth to amputating limbs?
    Barber-surgeon
  • What are the four humours in the body that medieval doctors tried to balance?
    blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm.
  • What did people do with the dead bodies during the plague?
    Put them in big pits - they ran out of coffins.
  • What does the Bayeaux Tapestry show?
    The battle of Hastings
  • How did people know that someone in a house had the black plague?
    White cross on the door.
  • What is this war machine called?
    catapult
  • What was the most common weapon during medieval times?
    sword
  • What animal spread the plague?
    Fleas on black rats
  • What did a herbologist study during medieval times?
    natural/herbal remedies.
  • Who did William the Conqueror defeat in the Battle of Hastings?
    Harold Godwinson
  • Which country did William the Conqueror come from?
    France
  • Is a noble very poor or very rich?
    very rich
  • Why did castles have a moat?
    To stop enemies from being able to get close.
  • Where did the Black Plague start?
    Himalayas or Asia
  • What did people wear during the black plague that we wore during Covid-19?
    face masks
  • What is this a picture of?
    Knight
  • What is this called?
    Bayeaux Tapestry
  • True or False? It cost a lot of money to become a knight.
    true
  • What part of the knight does the breastplate protect?
    chest
  • What did the nobles/lords give to the peasants in return for all of their work?
    protection
  • Another word for reign is.... a) take over b) rule c) lord d) promise
    rule
  • How did armies use this weapon?
    The siege tower. Pushed up to castle wall and knights walked the plank onto the castle battlements.
  • Is this the house of a peasant or a noble?
    peasant
  • What is the code of chivalry?
    The rules that a knight lives by. How a knight must act.
  • Who do the peasants work for?
    the lord
  • What is a squire?
    A young man who is training to be a knight. Step before becoming a knight.
  • True or false? Medieval doctors used anaesthetic.
    False
  • What did people during medieval times THINK caused the black plague?
    breathing dirty air
  • What bodily fluid did medieval doctors study to diagnose their patients? (they often sniffed it or even tasted it)
    urine
  • What role did a page boy fill in the castle? (What did they do all day)
    Servant to the lords and ladies.
  • Why did most people drink wine or beer instead of water?
    The water wasn't always safe to drink, it was not clean.
  • How did armies use this weapon during medieval times?
    Throw stones at the castle.
  • What would you see at a tournament?
    any of these - jousting, jesters, music, sparring,
  • What age did a boy leave his family to become a knight?
    7
  • What country did Harold Godwinson live in?
    England
  • What part of the knight does a helm protect?
    the head.
  • What is this piece of armour called?
    gauntlet
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