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SkillBuilder discussion Using historical sources 1. What details in the manuscript illustrate the burial practices for plague victims during this period? 2. How does the artwork reflect the cultural and religious attitudes towards death and disease in thirteenth-century Persia? 3. What can we learn about the impact of the plague on Persian society from the depiction in this manuscript?
SOURCE8 The burial of a man who died of plague from a thirteenth-century Persian illuminated manuscript
3.2 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. Make a list of types of sources shown in this lesson under the headings ‘Artwork’, ‘Written sources’ and ‘Artefacts, monuments and buildings’. 2. Write an explanation paragraph about what you can learn from each one, and provide an example. 3. Share these in your class and add to a class document that you can display in your history classroom.
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Exercise
Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 2, 3, 6
LEVEL2 5, 7, 8, 11, 12
LEVEL3
4, 9, 10
REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Identify the different types of artwork that historians have access to in order to draw conclusions about the medieval era. Select all that apply.
A. Illuminations B. Photographs C. Tapestries D. Films
E. Buildings F. Paintings G. Frescoes H. Letters I. Mosaics 2. Determine if the following statements are True or False. a. Illuminations were mostly concerned with scenes of aristocracy and court life. b. Medieval church parishes kept no written records. c. The SOURCE3 photograph of The Domesday Book is a secondary source. d. Embroidered tapestries are not valuable to historians as they were only used to insulate castle walls.
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