Prof. Martha Carlin

                                                                            Week 10: Tuesday
 

                                                                  EARLY MEDIEVAL SOCIETY
 

Terms:

    Village   (Click for a photo of Midlem, a village in the Scottish Borders)

    Manor

    Parish

    Field   (click for a photo of  the fields of the deserted medieval village of Southdean, in the Scottish Borders)

    Fallow

    Meadow

    Pasture

    Demesne

    2-field and 3-field crop rotation

    Arable farming:
        Cereals ("corn" in British English = "grain" in American English): wheat, rye, oats, barley
        Legumes:  peas, beans, lentils

    Sowing seasons:
        Winter: wheat, rye
        Spring: oats, barley, peas, beans, lentils

    Pastoral farming: cattle, sheep, goats

    Farming tools:
        Plow
        Harrow
        Scythe
        Sickle
        Flail
        Shears

    Farming activities:
        Plow
        Harrow
        Sow
        Prune
        Mow
        Reap
        Thresh
        Winnow
        Mill

    Market
    Fair

    Money:

(For film addicts, click here to see Fordham University's list of  Medieval History in the Movies.)

FILM: Gisli the Outlaw ("Utlaginn," 1987)

Place: Viking Iceland

Main characters:

    Gisli
    Aud his wife (former lover of Thorgrim)

    Vestein, Aud's brother (former lover of Asgerd; murdered by Thorgrim?)

     Thorkell, Gisli's brother
    Asgerd, his wife (former lover of Vestein)
    Geirmund, Thorkell's bondman (bondi)

    Thordís, Gisli's sister
    Thorgrim, her husband (former lover of Aud; killed by Gisli)

    Bork, Thorgrim's brother

    Eyjolf

    Spy Helgi