Middle ages

• how do we know about the middle ages?

  ruins of castles,excavations,aerial photos,paintings,manuscripts
• what was the society structure in the middle ages?

  the fuedal system
• how does the fuedal system work?


  kings give land to lords and then lords give smaller pieces of land to peasants but the peasants had to take care of the land and give loyalty to lords and kings
• who settled in ireland at this time and where?

  Anglo Norman’s settled in dublin and wicklow
• list and explain the different stages of becoming a knight?

  Page=(age 7) lives with the lady and learns good manners

  Squire=(age 14) helps the lord with his armour

  Knight=(age 21) take a vow of chivalry and is daubed a knight
• what is the ceremony called to become a knight?

  the dubbing
• what vow do they take when becoming a knight and what does it mean?

  vow of chivalry, means to be courteous to women, children and the poor and to remain loyal to the king
• what are the lords duties?

  to be brave in battle

  control and rule over an area of land

  take taxes off peasants
• what are the lords past times?

  jousting

  hawking
• what was the doomsday book?


  a survey of who owned what land
• what groups of people existed in the middle ages?

  serfs, freemen , lords
• what is wattle a daub?

  building material
• what were the crimes in the middle ages?

  murder, theft, arson, treason(against country), heresy (against religion)
• what were the main buildings in the manor ?

  the great hall, kitchen and food storage area
• explain the difference between serfs and freemen?

  Serfs: serfs are basically slaves and they are owned by people

  Freemen: freemen have freedom and are not owned
• could a serf become a freemen?


  a serf could become a freemen by escaping for one year and one day
• explain the open field system?

  there is three fields and two of them are full of crops and one of them are empty it rotates every year
• what are medieval crimes punishments?

  public shame and torture
• explain features of a romanesque church?

  Thick walls, rounded arches, small plain windows
• explain the features of a gothic church?

  Pointed arches, flying buttresses, thin walls, large stained glass windows
• Name three buildings in a monastery?

  dormitory, church and an infirmary
• what was the head of a monastery called?

  Abbot