John Ball is a priest, but only a poor one. He says the Church is too rich and he’s been travelling around the countryside encouraging peasants to rebel.
Key Stage 3 History: Medieval Life 5: Life in Towns
The people who live in towns are generally the traders and craftspeople. It’s where we go to buy our candles, cloth, ribbon, any extra food…
Consequences Of The Plague
One in three people in the whole country have died. And amongst priests, the death rate is even higher.
Key Stage 3 History: 8: Thomas Becket
Henry made Thomas his closest adviser and they went everywhere together. But then Henry made Thomas his Archbishop of Canterbury and it all went wrong…
Key Stage 3 History: 6: The Domesday Book
Domesday means ‘Day of Judgement’. A book which is being created to assess how much wealth England has.
The Feudal System
The feudal system. It’s a bit complicated, but I’ll try to explain it as simply as possible.
Key Stage 3 History: 3: The Battle of Hastings
William was so very clever. He decided to trick us. He made his army pretend to run away and the stupid fools in Harold’s army fell for it.
1066: Three Contenders, One Throne
No one knows who’s going to be King. Edward left no children so it isn’t obvious who will succeed him.
