Year 7
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Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will consider the role of other important social groups including the Knights and Burgesses within medieval society and make a judgment on who we believe held the most power and why.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which group of people were massacred at Clifford's Tower?
Christian people
Flemish people
Q2.
What material did the wealthy build their houses in?
Clay
Wood
Q3.
Which of the following jobs did Jewish people work in?
Bakers
Show makers
Q4.
Which of the following is TRUE about women in the medieval period?
They could marry who they wanted
They could own their own property
Q5.
Why did people resent 'outsiders'?
they didn't like their cultures
they were worried they would steal their things
5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following primarily lived in towns?
Burgess
Merchants
Q2.
Who was responsible for making the laws of the town?
Guilds
Sheriff
Q3.
Who represented the towns in the new Parliament?
Guilds
Knights
Q4.
Why was the town charter important?
It made people feel important
it made towns more attractive
Q5.
Who was not important in the towns?
the mayor
the sheriff