Name: Jessica Krebs Social Class: Knight

Middle Ages Webquest #4 Social Life Research Chart

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Answer (Your research):

Source Information: (*more than web address *author, date of access, copyright/update date) http://www.learner.org/interact ives/middleages/feudal.html. Annenberg Foundation 2013. Date of access: February 19, 2013. Mr. Pennington and Mr. Holmans video side chats.

1. What was the manor? Describe what life in general was like in the manor.

The manor was like a community where there was a church, a village, a lot of farmland, and a castle.

2. What were the different classes living in and around the manors and their roles in society?

The king/queens would live in a castle that was really big and would not usually be on a manor but on a hill or cliff. The king/queen made rules and collected most of the taxes. The nobles and knights would live in a castle smaller than the king/queens that was on the manor. The knights would protect the nobles and would protect the kingdom. Peasants would live in huts, a cottage, or live with a knight or noble. The peasants would farm and take care of the land. The manor was interdependent because everyone depended on someone for something. For example, all of the peasants depended on one another for food to survive and all of the higher classes depended on the peasants to grow and gather food. The manor was specialized because most people did just one job for a living. For example, the baker would only bake bread and the

3. Explain how the manor was both interdependent and specialized at the same time? Provide examples on the manor.

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blacksmith would only make weapons and other items made of metal. 4. There were many jobs/crafts for craftsman/artisan s in the towns. Pick four from the list below and explain what they did. 5. Find out three details for each topic: Food Home Dress Church Entertainment Education Travel Life in a Castle * If you are a Knight, explain how you become a Knight and what a Knight does to train? The knights jobs were to protect the kingdom and the noble or lord they worked for. The bakers would make bread for other peasants, themselves, and their master. The cobblers would make shoes, and the blacksmiths would make weapons and armor. Mr. Pennington and Mr. Holmans video side chats.

Food: 1. The higher your social class, the Mr. Pennington and Mr. better your food was. 2. Peasants farmed Holmans video side chats. the food and had to give up some as taxes. 3. Some manors had different foods than others. Home: 1. The richer you were, the more you would have had in your home. 2. Rich people had tapestries (wallpaper/rugs). 3. Richer people would have bigger houses. Dress: 1. Richer people would wear brighter clothes. 2. Peasants would wear very simple clothes and would not wear as much clothes as rich people. 3. The richer people Church: 1. Almost everyone would go to church. 2. There would always be a church on the manors. 3. A church would usually have had stain glass windows. Entertainment: 1. People would go to medieval festivals. 2. People would also go to watch plays. 3. Knights would fight each other during their spare time. Education: Children would go to school and learn 1. philosophy, 2. Latin and 3. about Christianity.

Travel: 1. If someone were to be on water for a while, you would take a big ship with a large crew. 2. When traveling by road, rich people would use their covered wagons. 3. Most people would just stay at home and not travel anywhere. Life in a castle: 1. A constable would look after the castle. 2. The watcher of the wardrobe would do things in the castle like doing the laundry. 3. The person in charge of the manor would live in the castle. Being a knight: I became a knight because my family has always been knights in the noble class. To train, I apprenticed someone who was a knight and they taught me the Chivalry and how to fight. I also trained along with other knights to-be. 6. What was the role of women in society? How did their rights compare to those of men? Women in the Medieval times would cook, cared for the sick in the household, and did laundry. The women in the Middle Ages did not have as any rights or power as the men did. Groves, Marsha. Manners and customs in the Middle Ages. New York, NY: Crabtree Pub., 2006. Print.

7. What was life The children would go to school and like for children? learn subjects like Latin, math, How was it philosophy, and about Christianity. different for each class?

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8. How has life changed from the time Rome ruled?

One way life in the Middle Ages changed Mr. Pennington and Mr. from when Rome ruled is in government. Holmans video side chats. In the Medieval times, there was feudalism with the separation of the social classes while Rome usually had a

group of people in charge and not much separation of the classes.