Chapter 12-Medieval culture

Question 1

Definition of culture

Answer 1

Food, art, religion, customs, and holidays

Question 2

Capitalism

Answer 2

You can rise to the top and start your own business etc

Question 3

Communism

Answer 3

Sharing the wealth

Question 4

Feudalism

Answer 4

Vassals were tenants of the nobles. The dominant social system in medieval Europe in which the nobility held lands from the crown in exchange for military services. The peasants were obliged to live in their land and give them loyalty and labor and a share of the produce for military protection

Question 5

What what’s the purpose of feudalism

Answer 5

To establish law order and security after Charlemagne’s empire crumbled

Question 6

Lords

Answer 6

A noble who is a land holder for the crown. In return they provide knights for the king

Question 7

Knights

Answer 7

A heavily armored warrior/soldier usually with armor and a horse

Question 8

Vassals

Answer 8

Lower nobles who were permitted to use the lords land in return for certain promised services (providing more knights for the lords)

Question 9

Chivalry

Answer 9

The code of conduct for the nobility and the knights

Question 10

Squire

Answer 10

15-16 yr old boy who was a personal servant to his lord or to another knight in the lords service

Question 11

Knighting

Answer 11

Complicated ceremony that ended with the tapping of the mans shoulders and neck with a sword

Question 12

Heraldry

Answer 12

Certain colorful and unique symbols, emblems, and designs displayed on armor, shields, and banners for each noble family

Question 13

Coat of arms

Answer 13

A family’s distinct display of heraldry

Question 14

Castles

Answer 14

Heavily fortified dwellings

Question 15

Manors

Answer 15

Estates that belonged to the nobles that ranged in size from a few hundred to several thousand acres

Question 16

Serfs

Answer 16

Peasants who farmed the manors

Question 17

Demesne

Answer 17

The lords fields the serfs worked in

Question 18

Steward

Answer 18

Supervised the overall running of the manor and acted as a judge in the manors court

Question 19

Bailiff

Answer 19

Supervised the cultivation of the lords demensne who collected tents and inspected the serfs work

Question 20

2 positive effects churches had on manors

Answer 20

1. Enforcers justice for the weak and the powerless albeit in non scriptural practices bc they denied the sacraments to those that stole property or killed the innocent
2. Created an uniformed structure for society that needed order