🏰 8 ME — Glossary

Match the following definition to the correct Medieval Europe key term:

• Clergy:

• - a word used to refer to countries where Catholicism was the main religion.

• Charter:

• - money, goods or land which a woman brought to her husband upon marriage .

• Dowry:

• - something which helps to make a building more stable.

• Buttresses:

• - anything given to the poor as charity.

• Alms:

• - people who had taken formal vows to devote their lives to God.

Match the following definitions with their correct Medieval Europe key term:

• Frescoes:

• - a stone water spout, often with an ugly face, attached to a building to drain rainwater from its gutters.

• Gothic:

• - a way of organising land use and control of society in medieval times.

• Gargoyle:

• - paintings on a plaster wall or ceiling.

• Glebe:

• - land from which a church gains an income in rent or crops.

• Feudal system:

• - style of medieval architecture featuring pointed arches and flying buttresses.

Match the following definitions with their correct Medieval Europe key term:

• Heresy:

• - statement which goes against the teachings of the Catholic Church.

• Pilgrimage:

• - a journey people take to a place that holds special religious significance for them.

• Manuscripts:

• - books or documents which have been written by hand.

• Guild:

• - organisations which set work standards for members and offered them protection.

• Motte and Bailey:

• - the earth mound and outer fenced-in courtyard of a motte and Bailey castle.

Match the following definitions with their correct Medieval Europe key term:

• Sanctuary:

• - a style of architecture used in the Middle Ages.

• Pottage:

• - special food dish designed to impress guests with its imaginative presentation.

• Siege:

• - protection offered by the Church to those who confessed their crimes and promised to leave the country.

• Subtlety:

• - surrounding a castle or town in the attempt to starve the inhabitants into submission.

• Romanesque:

• - thick soup made from whatever vegetables were available; it sometimes included meat or fish.

Match the following definitions with their correct Medieval Europe key term:

• Tithe:

• - the crime for not being loyal to the monarch.

• Villeins:

• - a tax equal to 10% of a person’s produce or income paid to the church.

• Treason:

• - peasants under the control of the lord of the manor who had to provide him with certain services.

Most people in medieval Europe lived in the countryside were unlikely to ever travel...

• ...more than 16 kilometres from their home.

• ... more than 100 kilometres from their home.

• ... more than 26 kilometres from their homes.

• ... more than 56 kilometres from their homes.

Most people in medieval Europe had a life expectancy of ...

• ... less than 40 years.

• ... less than 50 years.

• ... less than 60 years.

• ... less than 70 years.

• ... less than 80 years.

Who in medieval Europe had huge power in the politics, daily life and law-making?

• Christianity via the Catholic Church.

• Christianity via the Anglican Church.

• Christianity via the Protestant Church.

• Christianity via the Lutheran Church.

What did Christianity do positively for people in medieval Europe? 4 marks

• Christianity united people spiritually.

• Christianity provided stability and order.

• Christianity provided a belief system.

• Christianity united people culturally.

• Christianity reminded people of their position in life.