Friday, October 30, 2015

Food in the Middle Ages

Imagine you’re the cook of the Manor. Lord Robert and Lady Flora have guests and they’ve asked you to prepare a MENU for the venue: breakfast before the hunt, lunch after the hunt was over and dinner before the music concert.

You can do some research clicking the following links:

Medieval food and cooking 
Medieval life and times 
Medieval plus -food and cooking
British Library
Food and drink in the Middle Ages



Monday, October 26, 2015

Economía y sociedad en la España del siglo XIX

The Feudal System









For tomorrow's class, complete the following questions:

a. Draw a diagram to show each group (pyramid)
b. Is the Feudal system equal?
c. Who had the worst life? Why?
d. Who helped the king fight his enemies?
e. What would happen if a knight refused to fight for his lord?
f. Why is loyalty so important if the system is to function well?

Friday, October 23, 2015

'History of Britain': Victorian era and Industrialization

Feudal Society- Glossary (i)

Manor (feudo) An estate in land, which is an interest in real property that is or may become a possesion.// The basic feudal unit of tenure and is historically connected with the territorial divisions of the mark, parish and township.
Demesne (dominio) all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management
Villain (villano) a peasant (tenant farmer) who was legally tied to the land he worked on. A villain could not leave the land without the landowner's consent
Serf (siervo) It was a condition of bondage or modified slavery. Serfdom included the labour of serfs occupying a plot of land owned by a lord of the manor in return for protection and justice and the right to exploit certain fields within the manor to maintain their own subsistence.
Servant (sirviente) domestic worker (a man, woman or child) who works within the employer's household. They perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family
Butler (mayordomo) A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar (bodega), and pantry (despensa).