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What was the job of the scullion in the Middle Ages?

to keep the fire going


What was a curfew in middle ages?

Curfew came from the term to "cover the fire"- the time of night when people prepared for sleep, and covered or banked their heating fires.


What were the cures for the black death in the middle ages?

the great fire f London cured the black death as it killed all the rats and burned all the fleas


When where the houses of parliament built?

The English Houses of Parliament were originally built in the Middle Ages. However, they were demolished in 1834 because of fire. They were rebuilt between 1840 and 1870.


Why are so many of the surviving building from the Middle Ages Churches?

The churches are usually made of stone and that will last through fire, weather, and war. The ones that were wooden didn't last due to all of the reasons above. Plus, the churches you see today have been rebuilt, remodeled, and added to so they really aren't the same church that existed in the middle ages.

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Why were shops in the middle ages fire hazard?

because they were all wood and cloth


How was food heated in the middle ages?

Fire.


What was the job of the scullion in the Middle Ages?

to keep the fire going


What cured the black death during the middle ages?

The great fire of London.


How did alkaline earth metals get their names?

It came from the alchemists in the Middle Ages because these elements were unchanged by fire.


When were bellows invented?

The bellow was invented in the European Middle ages by blacksmiths. They are used to push oxygen into the fire, therefore fueling the fire and making it hotter.


What substance wad rumored to be put out only by urine?

Greek fire was rumoured to be only put out by urine in the middle ages.


Why was the kitchens separated from the castles during the middle ages?

Because the kitchens with their large open fires were a constant fire hazard.


What is the middle fire?

the answer is the "middle" fire is an orange fire.


What element had not been discovered in the middle ages?

The people of the middle ages mostly believed in four elements: fire, earth, air, and water. Arsenic, antimony, and bismuth were discovered in the middle ages, but medieval people did not know they were elements any more than they knew that gold, copper, iron, and silver were elements. The idea of actual chemical elements was something that came later.


What types of food drinks did people consume during the middle ages?

wine, meats- probably roasted on a spit over a fire, etc.


What would peasants ue for light in the middle ages?

Peasant homes in the middle ages would have a hole in the roof and no glass planes in the window therefor they wold use sunlight for light, they would also have a fire and could use that for light aswell. Candles were to expensive to by.