Everyone deserved to have plenty of food to eat.

It was the natural order, which allowed priests to spend their time teaching about the word of God.

Peasants were the only people strong enough to complete the job.

Medieval people believed that God created peasants to farm the land because:

As wages increased peasants no longer had to work for as many hours.

The Church gave them extra holiday after the Black Death to let them rest.

The nobility had began to farm their own land and did not need the help of the peasants.

Why did peasants have more spare time after the Black Death?

All peasants went on strike and refused to work for the nobility.

Breaking oaths of loyalty to the nobles and finding other people to farm for.

Raising an army against the nobles in an attempt to get them to leave the village.

How did some peasants challenge the nobility's authority? (Choose three)

Someone that uses magic and omens to gain God's forgiveness.

Someone that whips themselves to gain God's forgiveness.

The Church and nobility remained unchallenged.

The feudal system still remained in place despite the peasants gaining some power.

Why did the Black Death not completely change the Medieval World?

Key Stage 3

How far did the Black Death change the Medieval World?

Which group in the Feudal System seemed to benefit the most from the Black Death?

What percentage of Walsham is estimated to have survived the Black Death?

Giving the profit from their hard work straight to the nobility.

If a peasant inherited land what could they stop doing? (Choose one)

As the amount of people decreased, the nobles could not collect as many taxes.

The amount of people to farm the land decreased.

The nobility had to increase wages so they could keep peasants working for them.

There were less peasants for the nobility to look after.

With fewer peasants in the village, levels of crime decreased.

What problems did the Black Death cause the nobility? (Choose three)

Gave more power to the peasants because of their hard labour.

Gave more power to the peasants because they owned more land.

Restricted the amount of power that peasants had by increasing food prices.

Restricted the amount of power that peasants had by limiting their wages.

How did the Ordinance of Labourers affect peasants?