Which of the following groups were legally the property of their lord?
Barons
Villeins
Yeomen
How many ‘humours’ (liquids) did medieval people believe made up the human body?
Three
Four
Five
What caused ergotism?
A fungus on rye
A fungus on wheat
A fungus on red meat
What caused the death of ten 10 per cent of the population between 1315-1316?
The Black Death
Drinking ale
The Great Famine
What was the name of the process of cleaning cloth using a mixture containing urine?
Tanning
Dying
Fulling
Who was employed to empty cesspits in the towns?
Gongfermers
Rakers
Carters
Which of the following was not a medieval belief about the causes of the Black Death?
That God was punishing people
That germs were carried by the fleas on rats
That plague infected victims through miasma
Which of the following did Edward III order in response to the Black Death?
Isolation
Burning the clothes of victims
The cleaning of London’s streets
Which of these actions was taken by many ordinary people during the Black Death?
Visiting a plague doctor
Carrying around bunches of flowers and burning herbs
Taking lots of hot baths
Which town named and shamed its citizens for polluting and dumping waste?
Norwich
York
Winchester