R and J - English society

What was a villein?

• peasant who was the property of their lord
• a naughty person
• a freeman
• someone who collects tax

What was the job of the reeve?

• to supervise work on the land
• to collect tax
• to collect straw for the thatched roof
• to plant the crops

How were fields divided up?

• into strips
• fairly
• pulling names out of a hat
• whoever was the oldest got the most

What surrounded towns?

• stone wall
• moat
• forest
• sheep

What was a guild?

• people working in the same trade
• people working on the same farm
• people who had to guard the town
• people who decided what crops were grown

What was a toll?

• a tax
• what surrounded towns
• leaving a field with nothing growing in it
• forest

How could a villein become free?

• living in a town for a year and a day without being caught
• paying money
• they could never be free
• by asking really nicely

What job did Jews mainly do?

• money lender
• farmer
• blacksmith
• apothecary

What was a pogrom?

• violent attack on the Jewish population
• the plan for the coronation
• tax that had to be paid
• what surrounded the town

Which group of people had to pay the most money to John?

• Jews
• barons
• villeins
• knights