Starter quiz
- Match up the key words to the correct defintions.
- elite⇔the richest or most powerful group in a society ✓
- freemen⇔people with special rights in a city ✓
- mayor⇔person elected to lead a city ✓
- Who provided 10 000 loaves of bread each year to charity in medieval Norwich?
- king
- mayor
- freemen
- churchmen ✓
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- Which group was the poorest in feudal England?
- barons
- king
- knights
- peasants ✓
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- Which group was the largest in feudal England?
- barons
- king
- knights
- peasants ✓
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- Who wrote the book 'Revelations of Divine Love' in medieval Norwich?
- Jack of Norwich
- Jim of Norwich
- Julian of Norwich ✓
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- Which statement is true?
- 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
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Exit quiz
- What is an artefact?
- a historical object ✓
- a historical text
- a historical image
- a historical person
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- Who were the two main providers of charity to the poor in medieval Norwich?
- churchmen ✓
- elites ✓
- king
- peasants
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- Why were few poor people able to become freemen in Norwich?
- they lacked the education needed
- they lacked the money needed ✓
- they lacked the skills needed
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- Who did rebels in Norwich attack during the 1381 Peasants' Revolt?
- the poor
- churchmen
- the elite ✓
- women
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- Write the missing word. ______ used harsh punishments to scare the poor from threatening the social order.
- 'elites' ✓
- Why do historians know less about the medieval poor than elites?
- 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 ✓
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Key learning points
- The living conditions of Norwich's poor were far below those of the rich.
- Some poor residents of Norwich were involved in the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.
- The lives of the poor are less well preserved in the historical record.
- The elites in Norwich were concerned to preserve the social order.
Common misconception
The poor always accepted their position in medieval society.
The poor challenged the social order in Norwich violently in 1381 and had to be actively managed by the elites.
Keywords
Artefact - an artefact is a historical object
Revolt - a revolt is a situation where people fight against those who are in charge
Rebel - a rebel is someone who challenges those who are in power; to rebel means to challenge those who are in power
Social order - the way a community is run and organised can be called the social order
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