Chapter 5 Flashcards
The leading palace official, or the ______ of the ______ became the real power in the kingdom
Mayor of the palace
In ______, a few noble families owned all the land and the people worked and lived on this land.
Feudalism
The estate where people lived was called a ________ and had its own priest, blacksmith, and skilled laborers
Manor
________ were the centers of western knowledge
Monasteries
Leo I became the first to receive the title of ______.
Pope
True or false: pope means papa
True
________ power meant the pope was the supreme head of the church and state
Papal
True or false: medieval Christianity is very different from biblical Christianity
True
The _____ _________ was a legal document listing the privileges of the town people
Town charter
Circuit _______ were set up by Henry II and heard cases in England
Courts
In _____ the Western Roman Empire fell
476
The _____ was the ruler of the Roman church
Pope
The ______ is where people exchanged money and received loans
Bank
True or false: the nobility belonged to the middle class
False
Pope _______called for the crusade
Urban II
The crusade was to liberate the ______ ________ and liberate it from the infidels
Holy Land
In medieval art, ______ represented holiness.
Halos
_______ was the English poet that wrote The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer
______ was the language of the Roman Empire
Latin
What year did Pope Urban II call for the crusade?
1095
________ grew along trade routes
Towns
Europe experienced a warm period that resulted in the growth of _______ crops.
More
_________ developed a city state with a republican form of government
Venice
Did the crusades succeed or fail in freeing the Holy Land?
Failed
Was Chaucer an English or Italian poet?
English
The English used __________ to defeat the French in battle
Longbows
__________ architecture used flying buttresses and stained glass windows.
Gothic
Bankers issued ________ of _______ to traveling merchants
Letters of credit
The roman church lost credibility when it could not stop the ________ _______ (2 words)
Black Death
The Knights Templar protected traveling _________.
Pilgrims
William the __________ conquered England and established a new dynasty
Conquerer
Henry II strengthened royal authority in England or France?
England
______ architecture was described as dark and cold.
Romanesque
The medieval papacy reached its peak under Pope ___________.
Innocent III
The Reconquista occurred in France or Spain?
Spain
Writing in the common spoken language of the people is known as _____________.
Vernacular
How many groups was the English parliament divided into?
Two
What is Dante’s “Divine Comedy” about?
A journey through hell
Who fought for land during the Hundred Year War?
England, France, and Edward the III
What is the Magna Carta?
An English charter saying the king’s power was limited
Who signed the Magna Carta?
King John
