trade involves the buying and selling of different goods

an industry is a type of business or work

a merchant is a person whose job is to buy and sell goods

textiles are made by weaving materials like wool and cotton

a weaver makes textiles from materials like wool.

Trade in medieval Norwich

History

Local elites in medieval Norwich

Churchmen in medieval Norwich

Women in medieval Norwich

Treatment of the poor in medieval Norwich

Life in medieval Norwich

In this unit, pupils were able to identify some of the inequalities which existed in medieval society, especially between the rich and the poor. In 'The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?' pupils will explore social inequalities in more depth and explain how these long term issues combined with specific triggers to cause the Peasants' Revolt.

In 'Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?', pupils used a case study to make broader inferences about life in medieval England. In this unit, pupils will use a location-based, rather than an individual-based, case study to make inferences and comparisons regarding what life was like for a range of different social groups in medieval England.

In this unit, pupils learn about the similarities and differences between various medieval lives in Norwich. In doing so, they build deep knowledge of one particular historical place and what it tells us about medieval England more generally.

Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?

a charter is a royal document which granted certain rights

a mayor is the person elected to govern a city

a freeman is a person with special rights in a city

an elite is the richest or most powerful group in a society

the amount of respect or importance a person has is part of their status

a cathedral is the largest and most important church in a particular area

a bishop is a leader of high rank in the Christian Church

a monk is a man who has withdrawn from normal life to dedicate his life to God

people write a will to leave instructions about what should be done with their things once they die

a nun is a woman who has withdrawn from normal life to dedicate her life to God

if you are literate then you are able to read and write

a revolt is a situation where people fight against those who are in charge

a rebel is someone who challenges those who are in power; to rebel means to challenge those who are in power

the way a community is run and organised can be called the social order

freemen are people with special rights in a city

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