Middle ages

Task

Religion:

  1. What was the only church in Europe during the Middle Ages?     Catholic church 
  2. What did the village priest do?      tend to the sick
  3. What caused a shift in church design and what happened to many of these new churches?           population increase

Go to Collapsed Cathedral to answer the following:

1.     Which cathedral collapsed?      Beuavais

2.     How tall was the nave of the cathedral?   157 feet   

3.     When did the central tower collapse?      1573

 

Homes:

  1. What was the inside of a medieval home like?cold damp and dark      
  2. What did they do for security purposes (if they were able)?    small windows with closed shudders  
  3. How many rooms did most of these houses have?      one or two
  4. What type of roof did these houses have? Were these roofs very safe?      thacheted unsafe
  5. How were the homes of wealthy people different from the first houses you read about?      better built and elaberate 
  6. What purpose did a kitchen serve in a medieval home, other than cooking?   central heating source    

 

Clothing:

  1. What type of clothing did most people wear?   woolen   
  2. What type of clothing did the wealthy people wear?      elaborate and changed
  3. What type of headwear did women wear?      elaborate
  4. What type of clothing did the monks wear?      plain comfortable
  5. Who had to petition the pope in order to wear socks?    poor clare sisters  

 

Health:

  1. What happened as town and city population increased?     hygenic conditions worsened 
  2. According to the myths, what were some of the reasons that people got sick?      disease was spread by bad odores
  3. How did some people attempt to cure themselves?      meditation pillgramages and praying

Go to Try Your Hand at Medieval Medicine and find the cure for each patient:

1.     Patient # One -     give the patient a treacle 

2.     Patient # Two -     Wrap the patient in red cloth and drape red hangings around his bed.

3.     Patient # Three -  have the patient attend his own funeral

 

 

Arts and Entertainment:

  1. What is a “hurdy gurdy”?      instruments at churches
  2. What topics were shown in medieval dramas?      Old testament
  3. Where did these dramas take place?      outside of church

 

Town Life:

  1. What happened after the year 1000 and why?  peasents expand because peace and order grew    
  2. Who were the earliest merchants and what did they do?  peddlers going village to village to sell goods    
  3. What items were traded and what were they traded for? gems and cloth for gold     
  4. What caused the decline of feudal life?      advent of trading
  5. What was done in order to gain independence for a town from the king?      pay annual sums to the king