The Canterbury Tales

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The Canterbury Tales
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Pardoner
This slide links to the site that tells about the
pardoner in Medieval Times. Pardoner sells
pardons to people who sin to get them into heaven.
classic lit.
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Leper Knights
In the 1300 there was a scourge of leprosy that
killed many people.
The idea came about that the men who had leprosy
became knights because of the shortage of
fighting men http//www.boydell.co.uk/4352.HTM
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Butterfly Headdress
Linen Head
Ball Gown
Lady and child
Ball Gown
Wimple nuns wear
Wenches dress
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Gowns
Wealthy ladies in this time period wore ball
gowns that usually tied at the waist. The bottom
of the dresses always puffed out because it
looked more elegant, that was the style of their
time period.
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Info
Click on this button, and it will take you to a
cool website with more information.
A barmaid would usually wear this style of bodice
Bodices
Noble and Merchant ladies wore this style of
bodice
Richer ladies wore this style of bodice
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Lady Diana Gown empire , Waist ever after style
Barmaid bodice
Noble merchant bodice
Rich Bodice
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Poor Mens Medieval Clothing

• During the High Middle Ages all classes of people
  wore this knee length tunic and long tailed hood
  combination.
• Medieval clothing history traditionally begins
  with the fall of the Western Roman Empire in AD
  476. The transition from classical to the
  medieval clothing was more gradual.
• Both sexes of the lower class wore the tunic as
  the basic garment.
• www.medievalclothing.com/medieval_clothing.htm
• www.swordsofhonor.com

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Wealthy Mens Medieval clothing

• Both males and females of the upper classes were
  wearing the tunic as a basic garment. In the
  west, the north brought trousers, fitted tunics,
  and hoods.
• Crusaders brought back new materials and new
  styles. Fabrics such as silks, sating, damasks,
  brocades, and velvets were included.
• Men wore trousers and stockings. The stockings
  became so high in the high gothic period that
  trousers were almost eliminated. In the mid 12th
  century stockings reached mid thigh and were made
  to cover short trousers.

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The Canterbury Tales

• The Canterbury Tales were not finished.Canterbury
  Tales Listing
• Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the book.About Chaucer

• Canterbury Tales is more than just a collection
  of stories. It is a pageant of 14th Century life.
  Every class variation is represented except the
  highest and the lowest. No nobility and no serfs
  make the pilgrimage.The Classes

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Medieval Merchant

• Medieval Occupations
• Medieval Guilds

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Types of Merchant Guilds

• Each Guild was set up for a particular type of
  product
• Butchers Guild, Blacksmiths Guild, and
  Woodworkers Guild were three types of Guilds
• Grain Merchants needed to be wise in mathematics
  and negotiations.

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MEDIEVAL MEDICINE

• Most medieval medicines were "simples" made of
  herbal ingredients, which were taken raw or in
  teas
• Treacle was considered a cure-all.
• The formula for treacle stems from a recipe
  developed by the Greek physician Galen and
  includes more than 60 ingredients, including the
  roasted skin of vipers. It took 40 days to make
  and 12 years to mature.

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MEDIEVAL WEAPONRY

• The most widely used weapon was the broadsword
  witch was a double edge sword made of iron
• Another popular weapon was the longbow
• One not so famous but deadly weapon was the
  flail witch is similar to a mace except the head
  was attached to a chain instead of the handle

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MEDIEVAL TORTURE
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WHAT AND WHY?
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The Medieval Times were notorious for their many
forms of torture. They always were coming up
with new ideas to inflict the most pain upon an
individual without killing him/her.
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Medieval Knights

• Knights were professional soldiers, high in the
  order of chivalry, bearing the most noble arms,
  and riding the best horses.
• Even in peacetime knights looked for conflicts in
  which to engage.
• Knighthood was conferred by a gentle blow on the
  neck or shoulder with the flat of a sword,
  sometimes with much ceremony. The "dubbing" would
  take place in public accompanied by fanfares and
  music. Knights could also be created in the field
  of battle without any fanfare or ceremony.

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Medieval Cooking
Drinks

• MEAD- A sweet drink made of honey and water.
• BEER- Main drink of the common people.
• CIDER- An apple tasting drink. Very popular.

Holly Chanda
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Medieval Cooking
Food

• Curd Cheese Pastries- Used as a dessert or a
  snack.
• Griddled Trout- Popular main dish served with
  bread and salad.
• A Jellie of Fyshe- Served as an appetizer.

Websites
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Medieval Feudal System
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About The Feudal System

• The Feudal System was the way of life in Medieval
  times and if you failed to follow it you could be
  killed for treason.
• If you worked hard enough and did enough good
  deeds you could advance in the system but it was
  uncommon to advance past a knight or noble
• More on the Feudal System

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Medieval Castles
Tower of London
Founded in and completed by 1100. A fire
destroys the Lanthorn tower in the
18th century. Two wives of Henry VIII are
executed on Tower Green in the 16th century

• Royalty that was imprisoned in the Tower of
  London From Left Elizabeth I, Mary I, Sir
  Thomas More and Henry VIII

http//www.toweroflondontour.com/belltow.html http
//www.hrp.org.uk/webcod/timeline.asp?ID52
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Tower of London layout
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Medieval Education

• http//www.medieval-life.net/education.htm
• http//www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm
• http//www.ibiscom.com/becket.htm

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• http//www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
• In these times the church was the center
• of education.
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Medieval TaxesMichelle Raetz and Lia Tandy

• Medieval monarchs were frequently desperate for
  money, and devised a bewildering variety of taxes
  to raise it. Moreover, although for obvious
  reasons the rich were taxed most heavily and most
  often, on occasions taxation extended right to
  the lowest levels of society.

• Land Taxes
• Poll Taxes
• Forced Loans
• http//www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/guide/tax.shtm
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