Chapter 9 - 10

Question 1

Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

Answer 1

built an empire in Europe greater than any known since ancient Rome from 771-814

Question 2

Clovis

Answer 2

5th century Frankish leader of a large kingdom who converted to Christianity

Question 3

William of Normandy (the Conqueror)

Answer 3

1028-1087 Th First Norman king of England; brought feudalism from France to England,

Question 4

Henry II (1154-1189)

Answer 4

Credited for transforming the jury system and the royal court structure.

Question 5

Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 5

Was the highest ranking Catholic in England

Question 6

Pope Innocent III

Answer 6

initiated the Fourth Crusade

Question 7

Slavs

Answer 7

the group of people in southeastern Europe who were the same ethnic group as the Russians

Question 8

Joan of Arc

Answer 8

(c. 1412-1431) French peasant girl, a heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions; rallied French troops during the Hundred Years War to resist the English and to have Charles VII crowned king

Question 9

terms

Answer 9

condemned as heretic - inquisition

burned at stake - death

Question 10

Wergild

Answer 10

“money for a man”; the value of a person in money, depending on social status; in Germanic society, a fine paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the person he or she had injured or killed

Question 11

ordeal

Answer 11

a difficult or painful experience, a trial

Question 12

Pope

Answer 12

the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 13

archbishop

Answer 13

Pope
the bishop of Rome, head of the Roman Catholic Church
archbishop
A bishop of the highest rank, generally the bishop of an archdiocese.

Question 14

Monks

Answer 14

Men who devote their time to praying, studying, and copying, and decorating holy books by hand

Question 15

Nuns

Answer 15

A woman who takes special religious vows and lives a life of prayer and solitude

Question 16

Abbesses

Answer 16

Head of monastery or convent for nuns

Question 17

Vikings

Answer 17

one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western Europe from the eighth through the tenth century.

Question 18

Feudalism

Answer 18

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

Question 19

Vassal

Answer 19

Feudalism
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land
Vassal
(n.) a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj.) subservient

Question 20

Knights

Answer 20

a warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horseback

Question 21

Fief

Answer 21

Knights
a warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horseback
Fief
land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

Question 22

Chivalry

Answer 22

the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

Question 23

Common Law

Answer 23

A legal system based on custom and court rulings

Question 24

Magna Carta

Answer 24

a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.

Question 25

Parliament

Answer 25

Magna Carta
a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
Parliament
A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation

Question 26

Crusades

Answer 26

A long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest Asia

Question 27

Manor

Answer 27

a large estate owned by a knight or lord

Question 28

Serf

Answer 28

an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate.

Question 29

Guilds

Answer 29

Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests

Question 30

apprentice

Answer 30

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

Question 31

Journeyman

Answer 31

A person who has learned a particular trade or craft but has not become an employer, or master

Question 32

masterpiece

Answer 32

piece created by a journeyman who aspires to be a master craftsperson; it allowed the members of a guild to judge whether the journeyman was qualified to become a master and join the guild

Question 33

Sacraments

Answer 33

important religious ceremonies such as baptism, marriage, etc.

Question 34

Heresy

Answer 34

denial of what church says is “gospel” non believers, opposition to the church

Question 35

Inquisition

Answer 35

a Church court set up to try people accused of heresy

Question 36

Relics

Answer 36

Bones connected with saint

Question 37

Gothic Architecture

Answer 37

Architecture of the twelfth-century Europe, featuring stained-glass windows, flying buttresses, tall spires, and pointed arches

Question 38

Theology

Answer 38

the study of religion and God

Question 39

Black Plague/Bubonic Plague

Answer 39

the disease that killed a large part of the European population in the Medieval times

Question 40

Why the Crusades?

Answer 40

it was the response to real and alleged atrocities against Christian pilgrims by Muslims in the holy land, defensive in nature to protect Christianity from being militarily conquered by Islam forces