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Medieval Times WEBQUEST

Though you should find the information on the links provided, you may have to “QUEST” to other sites.

1. The Middle Ages lasted between the years _______ and _______ (“CE” = “AD”)

In the Middle Ages, each person was supposed to have a place in society and everyone was supposed to fill his or her place without trying to change his or her fate.

On the SECULAR side of life (“secular” means “not religious”), there was a strict hierarchy of power with the KING at the top; this social system was called FEUDALISM.

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2. In medieval times the three major groups of people were ____________________,

___________________________, and ____________________________________.

3. What is a “vassal”? ____________________________________________________.

4. Could the “common” people (mostly peasants) bear arms (swords and armor) and fight to defend themselves? Circle one: yes / no

Find the answers to questions 5-7 by reading



You will need a little vocabulary to help you:

➢ “fief” (noun) = large property or region governed by a lord in exchange for loyalty, money, and military support given to a king

➢ “vassal” (noun) = subject; subordinate; follower; servant

➢ “homage” (noun) = respect; worship

➢ “serf” (noun) = farm or house worker who had to stay with one lord and fief

5. What did the LORDS (who could include Dukes, Barons, and Earls) receive from the

king in exchange for land and subjects: __________________ .

6. What did the KNIGHTS (addressed as “Sir”) give to the Lords in exchange for food,

shelter, and protection: ______________________ & _______________________.

7. Peasants and serfs did all the farming work in this agricultural society. They gave the lords & knights work and money; the lords gave them ______________, ____________ & ______________.

SO YOU WANT TO BE A KNIGHT?

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Click on Becoming a Knight and the Code of Chivalry

8. How old was a “page” when he started his education? ___________________

9. What were two “rules” for pages’ behavior? __________________________________

and _________________________________________________________.

10. At what age does a “page” become a “squire”? ________________

11. What are the four “rules” of behavior for knights within the “code of chivalry”?

__________________________________ and ___________________________________

__________________________________ and ___________________________________

The Catholic Church had huge power in Europe during the Middle Ages.

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12. List the seven “sacraments” _______________________________________________

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13. Explain in your own words: What “penance” means? ________________________

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14. The Catholic Church was very rich at this time. How did the church make its money?

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Monks and Nuns were religious people who lived in separate communities, called monasteries (or cloisters) and convents (or nunneries).

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15. What year did Benedict build the first monastery in Italy? _________________

16. What are the three “vows” (promises) of the Benedictine Monks?

_______________________, _________________________, _______________________

17. What was the title of the leader of a Nunnery? _____________________

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18. Using information on this page, fill in the chart below with the power hierarchy of the medieval church (:

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19) Look at:

What was the Black Plague? (provide at least four sentences: When did it start?, What was a cause? How did it affect the society?, etc.).

20) Who was Thomas Malthus? Why is he, a 17th Century economist, linked to events in the 14th Century? How did Malthus’s theory help Darwin formulate his Theory of Natural Selection? (You will have to do a little research for this last question).

21)Look at: . and



Who was Thomas a Becket? Why was he killed? What does Henry II have to do with pilgrimages to Canterbury? What was the most serious conflict between Henry and Becket? Why did people dip clothes in Beckett’s blood? Explain the “Devil’s Brood”

22) Read:

What is an “Estate Satire”? Who would have been the first audience for The Canterbury Tales and why would Chaucer be nervous about reading this poem to this audience? Answer in at least four complete sentences.

23) What were the “Three Estates” during the Middle Ages?

| |How were women categorized? |

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|Estate = ___________________________ |The ________________ Estates |

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|1st = _____________________________ |1st = _____________________________ |

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|2nd=______________________________ |2nd=_______________________________ |

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|3rd=______________________________ |3rd=______________________________ |

a) Provide at least three complete sentences answering which of these three you would most like to be in and why.

Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

24) Read pages 94, 95, and 96 in your textbook for help in addressing the following questions:

A) What is a heroic couplet?

B) How many total pilgrims are there? And what challenge does the host Harry Bailey set for the pilgrims?

C) What was considered a “cornerstone of medieval society”

D) Why is it that Chaucer had the opportunity to observe many pilgrims starting their journeys?

25) Look at:

How many miles was the pilgrimage? ____________________

This is the name of the town important to the brewing industry_______________________

The Thames Barrier is in this town___________________________________

One would find an important dockyard in this town________________________________

26) Look at . Make it FULL SCREEN. Find for me the color of the flowers, in a single urn, in the cathedral.

GAME #1: There were many possible jobs in the middle ages. What job would have been good for you? Go the website “Kingdomality” and type in your first name and “student” as your occupation on their first questionnaire (do not put an e-mail address). Answer the questions and find your profession.

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27)What profile do you think describes you the best?

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28)Explain why you chose this profile: ______________________________

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GAME #2: Jousting was a dangerous game that knights played for entertainment. It was like a practice battle, in which knights would try to knock each other off their horses without really killing each other. They used special blunted lances (the long spear) and practice swords instead of sharp ones. Still, people did get hurt.

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Play one round of the game JOUST.

29) What horse did you pick and why? __________________________________________

30) What armor, and why? ___________________________________________________

Did you win? ______________________ Why or why not? _____________________

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31) Below you will see six videos about the Worst Jobs in Medieval History; each video is @ 8 minutes long. Provide a minimum three complete sentence summary of each video—what was the job? Why was it so bad a job? Why or why not would you be good at this job?

a)Video one: ()

b) Video Two: ()

c) Video Three: ()

d)Video Four: ()

e) Video Five: ()

f) Video Six: ()

32) Read the following article ()

answering, in complete sentences, the below questions.

a) What two analogies does the author provide for knights that existed before the code of chivalry?

b) What was the “medieval equivalent of the Internet”?

c) What exactly does the author mean when he says that chivalry is “far too powerful to be confined…by a tweed jacket?

d) What is the meaning of the words “chanson de geste”?

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Parish Priests, Monks, and Nuns

1)_______________

2)_______________________

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