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CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING HISTORY!

CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING HISTORY!. YEAR 12 TASTER LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. 1348 to 1485. WAR OF THE ROSES. BLACK DEATH. PEASANTS ‘ REVOLT. Childbirth. Population. Towns. Social Hierarchy. 14 th CENTURY ENGLAND. Life Expectancy. Height. Travelling. SETTING THE SCENE.

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CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING HISTORY!

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  1. CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING HISTORY!

  2. YEAR 12 TASTER LIFE IN THE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

  3. 1348 to 1485 WAR OF THE ROSES BLACK DEATH PEASANTS ‘ REVOLT

  4. Childbirth Population Towns Social Hierarchy 14th CENTURY ENGLAND Life Expectancy Height Travelling

  5. SETTING THE SCENE Population: 11th c – 1 million (whole of British history to get to 1 million) 1300 – 5 MILLION 1400 – 2.5 MILLION Not back to 5 million until 1600s! 1350 50 years if wealthy; 42 years if poor Life Expectancy: Today – 89 male; 92 female 35% -40% of people under 15 yrs old Only 5% of people over 65% Height: Childbirth: 22% of women died in childbirth! 10% babies are stillborn. 25% dead by 1st birthday. Average Male: 5’ 7” Average Female: 5’ 2”

  6. Towns London in 1100 – approx 15,000 (Teignmouth) London in 1300 – approx 80,000 (Taunton) London in 1377 – approx 40,000 London in 1650 – approx 420,000 Exeter in 1377 – approx 2600 was classed as a city! Pop. of Kingsteignton is 8000 today. 12% of population lived in towns in 14th c. 89% in UK today. Travelling • Very few roads (40% are of Roman origin) • No maps • Travel at about 15 miles per day • Travel is dangerous • Never more than 8 miles from a market town

  7. KING/QUEEN LAITY CLERGY KNIGHTS MINOR CLERGY VILLEIN (UNFREE) YEOMAN BISHOP EARLS ABBOT DUKES ARCHBISHOP BARONS CANON FREEMEN VICAR GENTLEMEN HERMIT

  8. KING/QUEEN LAITY CLERGY DUKES ARCHBISHOP BISHOP EARLS BARONS ABBOT KNIGHTS CANON YEOMAN VICAR GENTLEMEN MINOR CLERGY FREEMEN HERMIT VILLEIN (UNFREE)

  9. 200 people (out of 5 million) formed the ruling elite (King/Queen, Dukes, Earls, Barons & top clergy. • These 200 owned 75% of land. • Below nobility were knights (approx 1000 in the country) • Largest class of population (40%) were Villeins (peasants) who farmed, but did not own the land, their master’s land.

  10. Year 12 Summer Assignment • Produce an A3 mind-map sheet on the following areas: law & order; growth of monasteries; social hierarchy; the countryside; urbanisation & population. Concentrate on change before and after Black Death (1348). Research using internet and record your sources. • You will present to class when you get back in September.

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