a revolt is a situation where people fight against those who are in charge

a rebel is someone who challenges those who are in power; to rebel means to challenge those who are in power

the way a community is run and organised can be called the social order

Treatment of the poor in medieval Norwich

History

Trade in medieval Norwich

Local elites in medieval Norwich

Churchmen in medieval Norwich

Women 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?

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Who were the **two** main providers of charity to the poor in medieval Norwich?

Why were few poor people able to become freemen in Norwich?

Who did rebels in Norwich attack during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?

Write the missing word. {{}} used harsh punishments to scare the poor from threatening the social order.

the poor were less literate so left less writing to be studied

historians are not interested in the lives of the poor

the poor produced nothing which can be used as sources

the poor owned less so historians have less artefacts to study

Why do historians know less about the medieval poor than elites?

the richest or most powerful group in a society

Match up the key words to the correct defintions.

Who provided 10 000 loaves of bread each year to charity in medieval Norwich?

Which group was the poorest in feudal England?

Which group was the largest in feudal England?

Who wrote the book 'Revelations of Divine Love' in medieval Norwich?

women could not become freemen in medieval Norwich

women could become freemen in medieval Norwich

women could become freemen and mayor in medieval Norwich

women could work in all jobs which men could in medieval Norwich

Exit Quiz

What is an artefact?