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It is one of the most fascinating periods in history, popularised by Magna Carta, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years War. But how much do you really know about the Middle Ages? Here, John H Arnold, professor of medieval history at Birkbeck, University of London, reveals 10 things about the period that might surprise you

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During the Black Death *bubonic plague* many thought it was a sight of anger, unhappiness from their god, so many went to church/temples to try and please god until unable to walk or too sick to be going to church, by people doing this more got infected.

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Most people in the Middle Ages wore woollen clothing, with undergarments (if any) made of linen. Among the peasantry, wool was generally shorn from the sheep and spun into the thread for the cloth by the women of the family. Dyes were common, so even the lower class peasants frequently wore colourful clothing.

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During the Middle Ages, the Church was a major part of everyday life. The Church served to give people spiritual guidance and it served as their government as well. Now, in the 20th century, the church's role has diminished. It no longer has the power that it used to have. Television has become more powerful than the church. The church still plays an important role in my life. I attend mass on every Sunday, and I uphold the morals and values that the Catholic church promotes today.

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Middle Ages encompass one of the most exciting periods in English History. Starting with the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest in England - when William the Conqueror effectively took all of the lands from the Saxon English and gave them to French nobles.

The Kings and Queens of England in the Middle Ages included Richard the Lionheart and the great Plantagenet English Kings from King Henry II (1154-1189) to King Edward III (1327-1377).

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Trading with new developed countries,  which aloud deases to transmit with spices and foods caused by human contacts &a rats also trades expanded the empire bringing in new wealth, trade also brought in new technology &a food sources

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Feudalism is a political and social system that developed during the Middle Ages, in which nobles offered protection and land in return for service.
The king- owned the land, watergate leadership and was the lawmaker. A king allowed knights and barons and and lords to live on his land as long as they provided an army of men to fight war.
Lords/Nobles- a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals.
Knights- a man, usually of noble birth, who received honour and land in exchange for serving a lord as a mounted warrior after apprenticing as a page and squire. A person sworn to give military service to a king or lord, usually in exchange for the use of land.
Peasants/Serfs- a member of a class persons who are small farmers or farm labourers of low social rank was a peasant . A peasant who could not leave the land on which he or she wa born and worked on was called a serf

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The crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin church in the medieval period, the most commonly known are the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean, this mainly between 1095 to 1291