Glossary
Serges: Noun- Twilled woolen cloth
Sols: Noun- Form of currency in the Middle Ages
Pestilence: Noun- a deadly and virulent disease
Fatuous: Adj.- Silly and Pointless
Sols: Noun- Form of currency in the Middle Ages
Pestilence: Noun- a deadly and virulent disease
Fatuous: Adj.- Silly and Pointless
Guiding Questions
These questions were the basis for the research on this project
What caused the famines? Lack of food, droughts, war, fires.
Why did Christians hate Jews? A section of the bible spoke of people who were completely different from Christians, they were the Jews.
What made the church start torturing people? The inquisition started in order to convert people to Christianity
What caused the plague? It has not been determined what exactly started it, but it is known that it was carried by fleas which lived on rats. It originated in central Asia
When were the Jews no longer murdered? After the crusades finished, Jewish massacre rates went down.
What caused the famines? Lack of food, droughts, war, fires.
Why did Christians hate Jews? A section of the bible spoke of people who were completely different from Christians, they were the Jews.
What made the church start torturing people? The inquisition started in order to convert people to Christianity
What caused the plague? It has not been determined what exactly started it, but it is known that it was carried by fleas which lived on rats. It originated in central Asia
When were the Jews no longer murdered? After the crusades finished, Jewish massacre rates went down.
Bibliogrphies
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Kenyon, Sherrilyn. The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest, 1995. Print.
Loeb, Robert H. Crime and Capital Punishment. New York: F. Watts, 1978. Print.
Pirenne, Henri. Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe,. New York: Harcourt, Brace and, 1937. Print.
Roth, Norman. Daily Life of Jews in the Middle Ages. New York [u.a.: Routledge, 2005. Print.
Wilkinson, Bertie. The Later Middle Ages in England: 1216-1485. London: Longman, 1978. Print.
Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York: John Day, 1969. Print.
Kenyon, Sherrilyn. The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Ages. Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest, 1995. Print.
Loeb, Robert H. Crime and Capital Punishment. New York: F. Watts, 1978. Print.
Pirenne, Henri. Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe,. New York: Harcourt, Brace and, 1937. Print.
Roth, Norman. Daily Life of Jews in the Middle Ages. New York [u.a.: Routledge, 2005. Print.
Wilkinson, Bertie. The Later Middle Ages in England: 1216-1485. London: Longman, 1978. Print.
Ziegler, Philip. The Black Death. New York: John Day, 1969. Print.