Name:_________________________________________________ Period:________

Direction: please answer the following using the provided sites!

Health

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/health.html

How did people believe diseases were spread?

http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morhealt.html

Who was medical treatment available to?

Describe some of the remedies used in the Middle Ages:

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/Brisas/sunda/ma/1wendy.htm

Scroll down to The Doctor- What were used as stitches? How did this work?

Clothing

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/clothing/index.htm

Describe what you would be wearing if you were alive in the Middle Ages

Women

http://www.medievality.com/medieval-women.html

Why were women treated differently than men in the Middle Ages?

What were some of the jobs women did during the Middle Ages?

What type of violence did some women face during this period? What caused this to happen?

http://www.kyrene.org/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/1kimberly.htm

What was it like to be a peasant girl? What did she do daily? What were some of her problems?

What issues did the noblemen daughter face? What activities did she and her mother participate in?

What issues did the princess face? Did she have much freedom?

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/nlife.html

Scroll down to childhood – What is the percentage of women who died in child birth?

Marriage

http://www.medieval-weddings.net/index.htm

How old were women when they married?

http://www.medieval-weddings.net/country_weddings.htm

Describe one wedding tradition that you thought was interesting:

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/nlife.html

Scroll down to Marriage and Divorce – What is a dowry?

Husbands were allowed to beat their wives as long as - what? (6 th paragraph)

Could men and women divorce? Explain!

Church

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/church.html

What was every person was required to do (2 things, 2 nd paragraph)?

Why did people give the church gifts? (3 rd paragraph)

Life of Knights

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/history.htm

Who did lords look to for protection after the fall of the Roman Empire (post-Rome Western Europe)?

What did these men receive as a result of protecting the lords?

Noble Life

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/nlife.html

What they wore -What were signs of wealth in the Middle Ages?

What did the nobles do to keep clothing a status symbol?

What they ate - Why was meat heavily seasoned?

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/life.htm

Knights began their training at an early age. Please describe what a knight learns and does at each stage.

Page (first stage):

Squire (second stage):

Knight (third stage):

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/armor.htm

What was early armor like (describe it)?

What was the armor of the late Middle Ages like (describe it)?

What weapon made the armor of knights ineffective?

http://www.knightsandarmor.com/chivalry.htm

Chivalry was the code of conduct knights followed. What did the code of chivalry state (third paragraph…several things)?

4 th paragraph: Was the chivalry code always followed? How can you tell?

Castles

http://www.medievality.com/assaulting-castle.html

Castles were the centers of trade, culture and warfare during the Middle Ages. What would you use to attack a castle? Describe how the following weapons worked (or how they were used)?

The Battering Ram:

Siege Tower:

Trebuchet:

Tunnels:

http://www.medievality.com/defending-castle.html

What was used to defend a castle name 2 things:

http://www.castles-abbeys.co.uk/Arundel-Castle.html

scroll through all the pictures describe 3 things you see

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle33.htm

Describe life in a castle, at least 3 things:

http://www.castlewales.com/casterms.html

Click on the different castle terms look at the picture associated with the term and describe the meaning of the term

The Keep:

Wall Walk:

Parapet:

Concentric:

Bailey:

Arrow Loop:

http://www.castles.org/kids/parts_of_his_castle.htm

What were the walls of the castle designed for?

What could be found inside of the castle?

If you finish early:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/coatofarms.html

See if your families coat of arms is listed