CH 10 Study Guide Flashcards
What is a tournament?
A contest where knights could show their fighting skills
Who were the Magyars?
Hungarians
What is a fief?
the grant of land made to a vassal
What is the Domesday book?
First census in Europe since Roman Times
What did Philip IV do?
Created the first French parliament
What did William of Normandy do?
Won the battle of Hastings
–> became King of England
What is the Magna Carta?
Gave written recognition to the mutual rights and obligations between kings and vassals
What did Cyril do?
Converted the Eastern Slavs to Christianity
What did the Mongols do?
Conquered Russia in the 13th century
Explain Kievan Rus.
Settled by Oleg the Viking in the 10th century.
Otto I ____ and was ____ in return.
protected the Pope; crowned Roman emperor
Eastern Slavic people were converted to what religion? How?
Orthodox Christianity; by Byzantine missionaries (Cyril)
What two groups of people conquered the native people of Russia and Ukraine?
Vikings, then Mongols
What became the chief religion for the Serbs?
Orthodox Christianity
What was the most important thing a lord could give a vassal?
Piece of land
What was chivalry?
Code of ethics for knights to uphold
What was vassalage?
warriors swore loyalty to a lord, would have needs taken care of in return
- heart of Feudalism
How did Phillip II Augustus increase the power of the French monarchy?
waged war on England; gained control of Normandy, Maine, Anjou, and Aquitaine
How did craft guilds effect economic conditions of cities?
Improved them by setting quality standards for goods produced
Describe Feudalism.
- Rulers couldn’t protect people, so new, smaller lords offered protection in return for military service
- would give vassal land to control politically, vassal would have own vassals
- knights high social status & land given meant they were wealthy
- feudal contract were unwritten rules between lord and vassal; military service & give advice in court when summoned -for- giving land, defending militarily, and taking his side in conflict
What were the 2 agricultural improvements during the Middle Ages? Explain.
The carruca & the 3-field crop rotation.
- carruca was iron plow that turned heavy soils easily; expensive and required many animals, caused shift toward farming villages because a village would share 1
- 3-field crop rotation instead of 2-field allowed more land to be used at a time and increased food production
How did the Vikings become part of European civilization?
Frankish policy of settling them and converting them to Christianity
