Medieval lives in the Luttrell Psalter

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To design a book that could be copied and distributed across the country.

To give Geoffrey Luttrell favour with the king, after donating it to him as a present.

To make Geoffrey Luttrell a lot of money when he sold it to a collector.

To show that Geoffrey Luttrell was a powerful and wealthy landowner.

What is the most likely reason why the Luttrell Psalter was created?

Divide all jobs between men and women and never work with each other.

Make the men perform all the work while women raised children.

Share jobs between men and women, sometimes working together if need be.

According to the Luttrell Psalter, medieval peasants would...

Five different artists were involved in making the psalter, and therefore they cannot be trusted.

The drawings are not very good quality, because Sir Geoffrey did not pay for the finest artists.

The drawings may have been designed to please Sir Geoffrey, not present the difficulties of real life.

There are not very many drawings in the psalter, meaning we still do not know much about peasants.

Why is it difficult to know how realistic the Luttrell Psalter is?

Both Domesday Book and the Luttrell Psalter have things they don't reveal, so cannot be seen as useful sources.

Both Domesday Book and the Luttrell Psalter reveal different things, and are therefore both useful sources.

Domesday Book tells us nothing about villages, so the Luttrell Psalter is automatically better.

The Luttrell Psalter tells us nothing about England as a whole, so Domesday Book is automatically better.

Which is the most accurate statement about Domesday Book and the Luttrell Psalter?

They spent most of their working time farming

They spent most of their working time fighting wars abroad

They spent most of their working time writing record books

Domesday demonstrates that England's peasants lived in an agricultural system. This means...

Lords would build fences around them, banning all peasants from entering

They were owned by the king as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

They would often flood, meaning that crops and animals were at risk

Why might a meadow potentially make peasants' lives difficult?

Frequently, so we do not need to look at other sources to learn about their lives.

Never, so we must look at other sources to learn about their lives.

Rarely, so we should look at other sources to learn about their lives.

How frequently were women mentioned in Domesday Book?

He wanted to demonstrate how valuable the kingdom was, and therefore prove he was a powerful king

He wanted to know the value of all the land in England, so he could tax it appropriately

He wanted to make sure that twenty years of surveys were kept somewhere safe

Which of these was NOT a possible reason why William had Domesday Book made?