definitions medievil europe

Question 1

feudalism

Answer 1

system used to organise land use and for controlling people.

Question 2

magna carta

Answer 2

a magna carta is a document forcing a king to do what was best for his country, he had to respect the system of law, use this system of law in his dealings with the people. On june 15th 1215 the barons forces king john to sign a magna carta.

Question 3

Tithe

Answer 3

peasants had to pay 10% of there crop envy year to the church this was called a tithe

Question 4

manor

Answer 4

the village and its surrounding land

Question 5

pilgrimage

Answer 5

a journey people take to a place that holds special religious significance for them

Question 6

moat

Answer 6

a deep, wide ditch filled with water that people had to cross to gain entry to the castle or manor house.

Question 7

treason

Answer 7

crime of murdering someone from a high level of social status or doing something that is serious act of disloyalty to the king

Question 8

sanctuary

Answer 8

if a person claimed sanctuary (protection) from the church. They had to stay in church property for 40 days admit to their wrong doings and flee the country with nothing

Question 9

siege

Answer 9

a siege is to surround a castle or a village with an army trapping its inhabitants inside

Question 10

chivalry

Answer 10

a moral,religious and social code the knights followed

Question 11

peasants

Answer 11

the lowest social status in the medieval europe feudal system. peasants worked on the knights or lords land as well as there own. they paid taxes in the form of crops

Question 12

knight

Answer 12

a man who served his lord as a mounted soldier in armour

Question 13

defence

Answer 13

act of defending from or resisting an attack

Question 14

squire

Answer 14

a young nobleman acting as an attendant to a knight, before becoming a knight himself

Question 15

ballista

Answer 15

a catapult used in scientific warfare used to hurl large stones