Medieval History - Worksheet
Crime &
Punishment
1. How reliable and fair
was the medieval approach to guilt or innocence?
2. Why were prisons
rarely used as punishment? What alternatives did they
have?
3. Medieval punishment was
Public, Painful and Immediate; why was this necessary?
Give examples from the workshop you attended.
The
Tournament
1. Why spend so many
resources on knights?
2. List some of the many
skills a knight had to train for?
3. How did Tournaments
change?
Weapons &
Armour
1. What were the challenges
villages faced after the collapse of Rome?
2. Why did villages
support a knight?
3. What developments
allowed the knights to be replaced?
The
Troubadours
1. List some of the
skills that enabled people to earn a living as a
Troubadour?
2. Why did people fear
the deformed and respect the clever and attractive?
3. What attributes
allowed people to move up or down in social classes?
The Role of Dance
1. What different types
of dance where there, and who performed them?
2. Why were social dances
important to small communities?
3. Why were dances
important to the nobility?
Heraldry
1. Why did Heraldry
start?
2. Give examples of some
basic rules of Heraldry?
3. Give some examples of
good modern heraldry?
Archery
1. Why did peasants need
bows?
2. What are the
differences between archery for hunting, or for war?
3. What were the problems with
English Longbowmen, and why were they replaced?
Fashion and Dress
1. What limits were there on
materials at various times, and why?
2. What could a medieval
persons clothing tell you about them?
3. Why were there rules
against wearing the wrong clothing? Who wore
black?
Education &
Games
1. What purpose did
peasant games serve?
2. What purpose did the
nobility’s games serve?
3. Which of these things
are still relevant in modern games?
Client
schools are welcome to copy this worksheet for their
students.
Medieval
Education
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