Year 7

Who made important decisions in the towns?

Year 7

Who made important decisions in the towns?

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Key learning points

  1. 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
Correct answer: Jewish people
Q2.
What material did the wealthy build their houses in?
Clay
Correct answer: Stone
Wood
Q3.
Which of the following jobs did Jewish people work in?
Bakers
Correct answer: Money lenders
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
Correct answer: They could work in clothes making roles
Q5.
Why did people resent 'outsiders'?
they didn't like their cultures
Correct answer: they felt they were taking their jobs
they were worried they would steal their things

5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following primarily lived in towns?
Burgess
Correct answer: Knights
Merchants
Q2.
Who was responsible for making the laws of the town?
Guilds
Sheriff
Correct answer: Town councils
Q3.
Who represented the towns in the new Parliament?
Correct answer: Burgesses
Guilds
Knights
Q4.
Why was the town charter important?
Correct answer: it gave the people in the town more rights
It made people feel important
it made towns more attractive
Q5.
Who was not important in the towns?
the mayor
the sheriff
Correct answer: the villeins