Women in medieval Norwich

History

Trade in medieval Norwich

Local elites in medieval Norwich

Churchmen in medieval Norwich

Treatment of the poor in medieval Norwich

Life in medieval Norwich

In this unit, pupils were able to identify some of the inequalities which existed in medieval society, especially between the rich and the poor. In 'The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?' pupils will explore social inequalities in more depth and explain how these long term issues combined with specific triggers to cause the Peasants' Revolt.

In 'Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?', pupils used a case study to make broader inferences about life in medieval England. In this unit, pupils will use a location-based, rather than an individual-based, case study to make inferences and comparisons regarding what life was like for a range of different social groups in medieval England.

In this unit, pupils learn about the similarities and differences between various medieval lives in Norwich. In doing so, they build deep knowledge of one particular historical place and what it tells us about medieval England more generally.

Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Write the missing word. People who are _______ are able to read and write.

Which of the following jobs did women **not** hold in medieval Norwich?

Where did some women receive an education from in medieval Norwich?

they refused to buy goods from female weavers

How did male weavers react to women doing the same job in Norwich in 1511?

Almost no women in medieval Norwich were literate.

Most women who were literate came from elite families.

Most women in the city were literate, even those who were poor.

Which statement about female literacy in medieval Norwich is most accurate?

Some women wrote about religion but were not respected.

Some women wrote about religion and were respected.

Some women wrote about religion and became bishops.

Which statement best describes what historians can learn from Julian of Norwich's life?

Write the missing word. A _______ is a man who has withdrawn from ordinary life and dedicated himself to God.

Who provided most of the hospital care in medieval Norwich?

Which job was was **not** common in medieval Norwich?

Nuns and monks were better educated than most other people in medieval Norwich.

Nuns and monks were educated as well as most other people in medieval Norwich.

Nuns and monks were less educated than most other people in medieval Norwich.

Empress Matilda fights her cousin for control of England

Queen Elizabeth I becomes queen of England

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

How were freemen in medieval Norwich different from other people?

Women in medieval Norwich

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