Medieval Revision Lesson 2

Castle Locations

Castles had to be placed in very specific locations because of several different reasons.

• They had to be placed nearby to villages so that they could collect taxes, and allow castle workers to travel back and forth each day.

• They had to be near a source of fresh water

• They had to be close to building materials (stone and wood)

• They had to be close to roads to control trade and travel.
  

Poll

Where would you put your castle?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Open Ended

Justify where you put your castle by explaining the benefits of that location in terms of the 4 needs of the castle.

• They had to be placed nearby to villages so that they could collect taxes, and allow castle workers to travel back and forth each day.

• They had to be near a source of fresh water

• They had to be close to building materials (stone and wood)

• They had to be close to roads to control trade and travel.

Open Ended

Explain how we know the concentric castle was the most recent of the three types of castles to be built?

Be as detailed as possible.

Drag and Drop

The Code of Chivalry

All ​

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, like all people from all walks of life in the Middle Ages, had to behave in a certain way. For knights, the way they were to behave was described in the ​

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. The code said that all knights had to be ​

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in battle. They had to keep their ​

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. They had to ​

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the church. They had to treat women in a courteous manner. Over time, chivalry became the basis of good manners in Western society.

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knights

Code of Chivalry

brave

promises

defend

Open Ended

In your own words, explain what the Code of Chivalry was and how it was used in Medieval Society.

Categorize

Options (12)

Honor and Glory

Wealth

Power

Redemption of Sins

Adventure

Code of Chivalry - obey lord

Code of Chivalry - defend church

Forced to go

To convert non-christians

To escape legal issues

To explore new worlds

To settle personal issues

Organise the reasons why a knight would have gone on a crusade intro true or false.

TRUE

FALSE

Open Ended

Is this source Primary or Secondary? Explain in detail.

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In the Middle Ages laws were designed to:

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and protect the power of the king and the Pope.

Designed to ​

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and were punished with a method deemed to be relevant to the crime.

Were visible as most punishments ​

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and often involved the crowd.

If someone was assumed to have committed a crime, they were also assumed to be ​

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and had to prove their ​

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.

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Control the people

fit the crime

were public

guilty

innocence

Protect the rights of the common people

Serve the interests of the nobility

Promote equality and justice

Support individual freedom

Encourage democratic governance

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Open Ended

How does Pope Urban II convince knights to fight in the Crusades? be as detailed as possible.

Open Ended

Explain in your own words how quilt was determined in the Medieval ages.

Open Ended

'In the year one thousand... that deadly sickness appeared, whether spread by the celestial bodies [the stars] or sent upon us mortals by God in his anger for our sins...'

Explain why this is an opinion and not a fact.

Multiple Choice

Infected fleas that attached themselves to rats and then to humans spread the Bubonic plague. A different strand of the plague - pneumonic plague - attacked the respiratory system and was spread by merely breathing the exhaled air of a victim. People who contracted the plague would die within 2 days to a week. Having no defence and no understanding of the cause of the illness, the men, women and children caught in its onslaught were bewildered, panicked, and finally devastated.

Based on the previous text, would the plague be worse in cities or the countryside?

• Countryside

• Cities

Categorize

Options (9)

Higher Population Density

Poor Sanitation

Trade Hubs

Closer Living Conditions

lower population density

Isolated from other towns

Less Trade and Travel

Clean Air and Water

Polluted air and water

Organize these options into the right categories:
Why the plague would have been worse in cities and better in the countryside

Worse in Cities

Better in the countryside