Chapter 2a Flashcards
Tapestry
A thick embroidered cloth pic used as a wall hanging
Normandy
Now part of france
That was home to the normans
Descended from vikings
Vassal
Man who swears loyalty to a lord
Lord
A feudal superior
Feudal contract
The bargain between a lord and his vassal
Anglo saxon
The earliest english
A germanic people
Technology
Things humans make to use as tools
Lance
Long spear
Inpenetrable
Impossible to pass
Audience
A hearing,interview
Popes main guy
Bishop odo
Who was the guy william was fighing
Harold godwinson
Where was harold shipwrecked
Coast of normandy
What was harold(job)
English earl
What did william do to harold
Befriend him
Spare his life
Harold becane williams
Vassal
What year did king edward die
1066
Hastings war time
9 to 4
Normans used _____ during battle
Horses
English made what
Shield wall
Who is williams half brother
Bishop odo
Where did tapestry hang
Bayeux cathedral in normandy
How long is bayeux tapestry
230 ft
70 m
Why would tapestry be primary source 2 reasons
Secondary?1 reason
Primary Bishop odo William Secondary Textbook
What was on each panel of tapestry
Brief caption in latin
When did battle of hastings happen century
11th century
King edwards nickname
Edward the confesser
What happened during halleys comet
People had a spazz attack
Allegiance
Loyalty
Homage
Formal agreement
Contract
Formal agreement
Lord of manor
Tenant of noble
Inheirited right to run manor + profit from it
Freeholder
Person who owns his or her own land
Exploit
Make selfish use of
Three f’s of feudalism
Fief -land
Fealty-loyalty
Faith-religion
Difference b/w serf and freeholdr
Freeholder can have land
Serf cant
What percent if population were freeholders and serfs
90%
In exchange for loyalty from king nobles had to
Serve 40 days a year
Supply king with knight during war
Serve in kings court
Give money to king on certain occasions- marriage, knighthood(son)
Who started feudal system
William
Centre of feudal life
Manors
How long did it gake for william to get feudalism into all of england
5 years
Land was……
Basis of all wealth
Nobles also….
Knights
Land given to nobles for
Loyalty
Vassal of king were
Tenant in chief of estates
Serfs were a part of
Property
Vassal of kings vassals were
Sub tenants of estates
At manor each freeholder or serf had to
Work how ever many days a week Give portion of produce to lord Pay to use lords mill and bread oven Pay when had child or marriage Remain in their village
Lord of manor had to _____ and _____ ________ to the king
Report
Pay rent
Each lord of manor had to
Pay homage to king at royal court
Provide knights 20-30
Provide king with food regularly and on special occasions
The church would pay king by
Suppot king by threating God’s wrath
Pray for king (battles and running)
Help king run place
Sometimes find knight
What buildings did a manor usually have
Manor house Mill Tannery Bakehouse Blacksmith Church-priests house
What sort of fields and lands did the manors have
3 fields Lords demesne River Common pasture Orchard
To grow enogh crops manors needed
Fertile land
Workers
Water source
Church members were
Bishops
Nuns
Monks
Nobles were
Noblewomen
Knights/crusaders
Commoners were
Serfs
Shepards
Troubadours
Pilgrams
Where could you go to escape poverty
Go to church-hope to rise in ranks
Fight in lords battles-protection
Serfs spent ____ days a week on lords demesne
2-3
Average male_______ calories a day
5000
Beer and bread
What were the houses on the monor made of
Wattle and daub
Houses were…….
9-10m long
3-4m wide
5-6 people-one room
People on the manor slept on
Straw beds
The lord of the manor was a
Tenant
The _____ __ _______ could take away the manor from the lord
Tenant in chief
Fathers married off daughters
Dependes on
Land and power
Sceptical of
Doubting the truth of
Relic
Item associated with a saint, thought to have great powers
Excommunicate
To cancel a persons membership in the church
Tithe
Money or produce given to church worth 1/10th of income
Ecclesistical
Having to do with the church
Chastity
Virtue, modesty doing without sex
Why was the church so powerful
Fear of hell/excommunication
Everything you do is somehow with the church
When you are excommunicated you can’t
Get married
Be blessed before death
Thought to go to hell
Church influence positive
Many christians
Many dedicates to God
Church influence negative
Priest take tithe - selfish example
Seven deadly sins
Pride Anger Envy Greed Lust Gluttony Sloth
Almost all western europeans were
Christians
Kings harolds defeat was believed ti be because of the
Sins of the people
Gods blessing was needed at almost every
Important event
It was not usual to
Devote your life to God
Some people would become_________ because they thiught they would be closer to God
Hermits
All villages had at least
One priest one church
Churchs had power over
Lives from serfs- monarchs
Religious men went to
Monasteries
Religious women went to
Nunneries
In the the night at religious places people would _____ in the night
Wake up and pray several times
In some religious you couldn’t
Speak
only pray
At the religious houses you had freetime and were encouraged to
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