Q. What types of education did the children of peasants receive during the Middle Ages?
It was extremely rare for peasants to be literate. Some lords of the manor had laws banning serfs from being educated. It was usually only the sons from rich families that went to school. There were three main types of schools in the 14th century: the elementary song-school, the monastic school and the grammar school.
Q. What happened in the High Middle Ages?
The High Middle Ages was a period of great religious movements. Besides the Crusades and monastic reforms, people sought to participate in new forms of religious life. New monastic orders were founded, including the Carthusians and the Cistercians.
Q. When were the high Middle Ages?
1000 AD – 1250
Q. When did the late Middle Ages start and end?
1300 – 1500
Q. What was invented during the late Middle Ages?
the period saw major technological advances, including the adoption of gunpowder, the invention of vertical windmills, spectacles, mechanical clocks, and greatly improved water mills, building techniques (Gothic architecture, medieval castles), and agriculture in general (three-field crop rotation).
Q. Who invented eyeglasses in the Middle Ages?
The earliest known eyeglasses used in medieval Europe were invented in Italy in 1286. A Florentine manuscript dated to 1289 mentions the use of eyeglasses. By the early 14th century, eyeglasses manufacturing had become an industry and had registered guilds in cities like Venice.
Q. What was gunpowder used for in the Middle Ages?
Their explosive invention would become the basis for almost every weapon used in war from that point on, from fiery arrows to rifles, cannons and grenades. Gunpowder made warfare all over the world very different, affecting the way battles were fought and borders were drawn throughout the Middle Ages.
Q. What was the greatest accomplishment of the Middle Ages?
1. The Printing press was revolutionary. The printing press may well be the most important invention of the medieval era. It would eventually wrench control of information distribution from the State and the Church and lay the groundwork for Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment.
Q. What weapons were used in the Middle Ages?
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- Swords and Lances.
- Spears, Axes, Mace.
- Crossbows, Longbows.
- Daggers.
- Tribuchets to Guns.
- Quick Lime, Caltrop.
Q. What was the first gunpowder weapon?
The earliest known depiction of a gunpowder weapon is the illustration of a fire-lance on a mid-10th century silk banner from Dunhuang. The De’an Shoucheng Lu, an account of the siege of De’an in 1132 during the Jin–Song Wars, records that Song forces used fire-lances against the Jurchen.
Q. Where is saltpeter found?
Arkansas Ozarks
Q. Who invented the first gun in the world?
China
Q. Does water ruin gunpowder?
Worse, black powder can be permanently ruined by water. This is because it’s a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate, KNO3), sulfur, and charcoal, and saltpeter is water-soluble.
Q. Can gunpowder expire?
No. Modern smokeless powder is stable indefinitely when stored at ambient temperatures. Smokeless powder made before WWI would become unstable and several ships were blown up when the powder in their magazines caught fire and exploded. So modern gunpowder does not have an expiration date.
Q. What is the formula for gunpowder?
A simple, commonly cited, chemical equation for the combustion of black powder is: 2 KNO3 + S + 3 C → K2S + N2 + 3 CO2.
Q. What is the difference between gunpowder and black powder?
Gunpowder is mostly used in firearms whereas Black powder is mostly used for lighting flares, fireworks, rockets, etc. There is no smoke when you use gunpowder whereas Black powder releases a lot of smoke from them. Gunpowder has got less or no odour whereas Black powder has got a charcoal smell in them.
Q. Is gunpowder magnetic?
Gunpowder is not paramagnetic. Gunpowder in the presence of a strong magnetic field… does nothing. That means lead is not only not magnetic, it’s slightly repelled by magnetic fields.
Q. What are the three main components of gunpowder?
Black powder consists of a fuel (charcoal), an oxidizer (saltpeter or niter), and a stabilizer (sulfur) to allow for a constant reaction. The reaction would be slow, like a wood fire, if not for the oxidizing agent. Carbon in a fire must draw oxygen from the air, but the saltpeter in gunpowder provides the oxygen.
Q. What is saltpeter made of?
Also known as saltpeter, potassium nitrate is a white crystallized compound composed of potassium, nitrogen and oxygen. Most commonly used in fireworks, matches and fertilizer, its medical applications include diuretics to reduce high blood pressure.
Q. What did the Chinese call gunpowder?
huo yao
Q. Which is the major constituent of gunpowder?
It consists of potassium nitrate (75% by weight), charcoal (10% by weight), and sulfur (5% by weight). Each of these components plays an important role in the combustion of gunpowder. Potassium nitrate, also known as ‘saltpetre’, or ‘saltpeter’, decomposes at high temperature to provide oxygen for the reaction.
Q. Does potassium nitrate explode?
Safety. Potassium nitrate is a poison and will cause permanent injury when improperly handled. It also can start fires and explosions easily.
Q. Are dynamite and gunpowder the same?
Dynamite is a combination of TNT and nitroglycerine. Another example is modern gunpowder, which contains nitroglycerin and nitrocellulose, along with other compounds. The gunpowder used in modern ammunition burns very fast, but it doesn’t detonate like TNT.
Q. Does gunpowder explode on impact?
Black Powder is very sensitive to flame and spark and can also be ignited by friction and impact. When ignited unconfined, it bums with explosive violence and will explode if ignited under even slight confinement.
Q. Can dynamite explode when wet?
Even though the diatomaceous earth takes away some of the dangers of nitroglycerin, there are still problems because the mixture is not stable in damp environments. Water causes the nitroglycerin to leak away. The nitroglycerin can build up, and explode unexpectedly.
Q. Is it illegal to own dynamite?
Health and Safety Code 12085 – Making, Possessing, or Transporting Explosive. California Health and Safety Code 12085 HS makes it a crime for any person to make, possess, or transport an illegal explosive. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 6 months in jail and fines of up to $1000.00.
Q. Can dynamite explode when dropped?
Dynamite is nitroglycerine rendered insensitive by mixing it with diatomaceous earth. By design it will not explode upon impact but requires a powerful explosive shock from a blasting cap in order to set it off.
